[oi-dev] Wiki comments

Nikola M minikola at gmail.com
Tue Mar 28 09:47:01 UTC 2017


On 03/25/17 10:27 PM, James Blachly wrote:
> I know I am unlikely to sway anyone, but please allow me to offer my perspective as a brand new OpenIndiana user (but have already been contributing to illumos-gate for the past year) as I think it is very important for any project to get “first impressions” from people as first impressions are what make or break any project.
>
> So, with that in mind:
>
> The outdated wiki [content],

Please wequest an wiki account and start to edit. DOn't brag on it.

> including outdated comments, is a detraction and reflects poorly on the project. To be fair, this applies equally to the smartos wiki as well.

Goes the same, apply for some editing and don't brag.

>   I almost did not use OpenIndiana at all, but decided to give it a try anyway. Luckily, the project itself is far more professional than the impression given the wiki.

Again, attacking Wiki won't help, you have anything smart to contribute 
contribute by editing it...

> The help offered generously on the mailing lists and IRC has been wonderful and reflects very well on the community.
>
> Hope that is helpful.

Not very much. But thanks for comments.

> I have been given access to the wiki and will try to clean things up as I see them, but there is a significant amount of duplication across the OI wiki and the illumos wiki which magnifies the effort required ...

it is normal to have duplicated content, since OI is an distribution and 
illumos is more like 'core' system and kernel.

Your editing will surely be going through reviews, as Wiki is 
cooperative thing, so you won't be alone.
Just to mention, don't try to delete contents on Wiki, but to improve it.
Any deletion under pretend it is duplicated content can be seen as 
destructive.




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