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

[aurelien.larcher at gmail.com]

Luckily there are enlightened people like you to speak the truth :)

I missed you so much Nikola :)

Le Vendredi 1 octobre 2021, Nikola M. a écrit :
> 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.
> 
> 
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