[OpenIndiana-discuss] wiki.openindiana.org needs to be re/started and fixed

[Nikola M.]

On 10/1/21 1:42 PM, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
>
> Am 10/1/21 um 1:27 PM schrieb Nikola M.:
>> Wiki.openindina.org is down and needs to be restarted or checks for
>> functionality what actually induces and causes it not to be available
>> occasionally.
>>
> The wiki has been shut down for security reasons. Most of its contents
> has already been merged into the docs. Some pages have been exported and
> are available for the documentation team.

I think most of Wiki it is not moved anywhere but by turning off wiki is 
just made unavailable.

Security reasons are not quite valid reason, because new instance of 
Wiki can be started ,license is provided as before and also it were 
already updated before with version of Wiki.

Important functionality of the Wiki, being able to freely create and 
enhance wiki pages is unavailable and is very valuable. (As Wikipedia as 
an example of freely editable content proves for decades).

Process that requires strict subjection to other members approvals to 
edit wiki-like content hinders user freedom and creativity, like 
proposed docs pages with github , being external service, and not 
including all the content available before but just a small subset.

Deciding on private mailing list, hidden from the wider audience is the 
reflection of closed and exclusive projects and subjecting changes and 
hindering wiki functionality is in line with the censorship.

I am of the opinion that no great and explosive progress and widening 
the user base is possible on tightly restricted and secretly controlled 
processes that hinder creativity.

Free users and contributors should not be subjected to article approvals 
by few and affected by secret mailing lists not available to the public, 
as OI is doing, that is not the signature of community and free software 
projects in general.