I'll try to change it too. If someone on wikipedia reverts an edit up to three times without founded reason, they can be blocked by a wikipedia moderator. So they won't be able to continue reverting forever...
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de > wrote: > https://twitter.com/davidgerard > > > Am 14.09.2015 um 17:03 schrieb Max Merbald: > >> I changed it back. Who is this David Gerard person who obviously wants >> to damage OpenOffice? >> >> >> >> Am 14.09.2015 um 16:48 schrieb Donald Whytock: >> >>> There was a minor skirmish last week over it. Looks like there'll be one >>> this week too...someone changed it to "moribund". >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Phillip Rhodes >>> <motley.crue....@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry, I missed the infobox when I looked at the page. You're right, >>>> having "Dormant" there is flat out wrong and very misleading. >>>> >>>> I changed it to "Active" just now and added a ref pointer to the 4.1.2 >>>> release schedule that Andrea just provided. I just hope there aren't >>>> certain parties with a vested interest in denigrating AOO sitting around >>>> planning to start a revert war over this. :-( >>>> >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> >>>> >>>> This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Max Merbald <max.merb...@gmx.de> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Phil, >>>>> >>>>> what I meant was the infobox at the top right. In that box it says that >>>>> AOO is dormat, which is not correct and which is not in the citations. >>>>> >>>> The >>>> >>>>> presence of a citation does not necessry mean that the claimed info >>>>> is in >>>>> the citation. If people read on the Wikipedia that AOO is "dormant" >>>>> >>>> they'll >>>> >>>>> start looking for different office software. >>>>> >>>>> Max >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Am 03.09.2015 um 23:12 schrieb Phillip Rhodes: >>>>> >>>>> I just looked at the Wikipedia page and don't see anything that's - >>>>>> strictly speaking - incorrect, or lacking citations. IOW, I don't see >>>>>> >>>>> any >>>> >>>>> supportable rationale for removing anything that's there, although one >>>>>> could question the motives of whoever made it a point to call out some >>>>>> concerns about lack of activity in the first paragaph of the article. >>>>>> Nonetheless, I think any attempt to modify that will face opposition. >>>>>> >>>>>> In a related vein, The Guardian recently ran this article titled >>>>>> >>>>> "Should I >>>> >>>>> Switch From Apache OpenOffice to LibreOffice or Microsoft Office". >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2015/sep/03/switch-openoffice-libreoffice-or-microsoft-office >>>> >>>> I don't know if there's any easy way to counter this narrative that's >>>>>> spreading through the press, about AOO being dead/dormant/whatever, or >>>>>> >>>>> how >>>> >>>>> LO is clearly "the winner", but it's definitely unfortunate to see >>>>>> this >>>>>> kind of stuff spread around so widely. :-( >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Phil >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Max, >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 03 Sep 15, at 16:31, Max Merbald <max.merb...@gmx.de> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> the Engish Wikipedia claims that AOO is dormant. I can't see where >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> they >>>> >>>>> have the information from. The sources they use don't say so. I think >>>>>>> it's >>>>>>> definitely bad for OpenOffice when people think no more is done about >>>>>>> >>>>>> it. >>>> >>>>> The problem is also that LibreOffice has just published its >>>>>>> version 5.0 >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> is getting ahead of us. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks for the alert. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Wikipedia is composed by a crowd of editors, and you can change the >>>>>>> >>>>>> entry >>>> >>>>> to reflect the facts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So can anyone on this list. Becoming an editor at Wikipedia is not >>>>>>> arduous. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Louis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Max >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > -- John R. D'Orazio
