In recent years, pretty much the sole use of the CLUG wiki has been to keep track of meetings and sometimes resources for those meetings.
Given that meetings are currently on a significant hiatus, and that the bulk of the technical content of the CLUG wiki is already on wiki.linux.net.nz[1], I'm planning to shut down[2] the CLUG wiki. The http://wiki.linux.net.nz/CLUG page needs to be updated, and the CLUG-specific content from the CLUG wiki needs to be moved there as well. If no-one else says that they have done it, I'll do it myself when I get a chance. [1] -- A few months ago I did a big sweep through the CLUG wiki contents, and given that our content licenses are compatible, I copied any obviously unique and useful technical data directly to WLUG. [2] -- Shut Down means "get rid of phpwiki & associated MySQL database". I'm happy to continue hosting static files, redirects &c. Why? The server I'm running the CLUG wiki on is very low on resources, and phpwiki isn't lightweight (you may have noticed how slow the site is these days). And no-one has been making significant use of the service in recent years. And I don't have as much time to do proactive maintenance on it as it needs, either. The WLUG wiki is well-run and funded by an incorporated LUG, and there is a clear invitation for other NZ people to utilise it. The only thing CLUG would be losing is the ability to graphically brand their own pages, which was never really done under the current system anyway. The other main user of the CLUG wiki is the Sydenham GNU/Linux Users, who list their meetings. I suggest that they either use wiki.linux.net.nz or possibly their wiki on hackstop.org. I last proposed this in September 2008, and there were no real objections then : http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg51778.html Content copied to WLUG at that time : http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg51842.html -jim ---------- Forwarded/Edited message ---------- From: Mark Foster <[email protected]> Date: Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:13 AM Subject: Re: Adding content to the NZLUG/WLUG wiki: (was Re: [nzlug] to equivilate or not to equivilate) To: NZLUG Mailing List <[email protected]> On Fri, May 22, 2009 9:03 am, Daniel Lawson wrote: > Some things to point out: > * www.wlug.org.nz is the same as wiki.linux.net.nz, just a different > skin, so there's no need to feel partisan about editing some other LUG's > wiki > * It's open to everyone to use. It asks for a username, but there's no > password - you just need a username in CamelCase (eg, ToniMarsh). > * If you're not sure about how to use a wiki, please ask - Don't be shy. > * If you're not sure about where to put stuff, make a new page, name it > appropriately, and put it there - it can be moved later. > * There's a lot of stuff that gets talked about in LUG lists ranging > from technical tips, gotchas for different distributions (what? debian > does runlevels differently? ;) ). that stays stuck in the list, and > getting it all into the wiki would be a good thing. More people adding > content is a good thing. I must endorse Daniels post. The Wiki is an excellent resource and we deliberately arranged for wiki.linux.net.nz to be set up on it as well - in order to make clear that it's a generic resource, not just a WLUG one. Mark.
