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

[Nikola M.]

On 10/1/21 4:31 PM, aurelien.larcher at gmail.com wrote:
> Luckily there are enlightened people like you to speak the truth :)
>
> I missed you so much Nikola :)

Thank you much Aurélien,

Would be glad to edit and change documents you created, and vice versa, 
of course  :-)

>
> 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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