2012/10/26 jan iversen <jancasacon...@gmail.com> > Thanks for clearing that up. I have just been searching for build > instructions (again), and in the search response I cannot see if an article > is outdated, so I had to open some before I got the correct one. > > Would it be an idea (if possible) to have "outdated" as a category, and > extend the search to say with/without outdated, if possible that would work > fine for me since I would hit the recent one when searching. >
AFAIK, the "outdated" template also apply the outdated category: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Outdated Regard Ricardo > > regards > Jan. > > On 26 October 2012 21:16, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net > >wrote: > > > Jan; > > {{Documentation/Outdated}} and {{delete}} are two seperate entities. > > Outdated merely says that some inormation is outdated and should be > > revised. {{delete}} is a special case that marks a file for speedy > deletion > > by an wiki administrator. > > > > At least with the user documentation we tend to add to the document for > > newer versions of the software rather than get rid of it as there are > still > > people using older versions. This can however get carried to extremes. My > > personal opinion is that it is probably time to start seriously > > considering purging version 2.x stuff, but that is a discussion for > another > > thread. > > > > Regards > > Keith > > > > > > > > jan iversen wrote: > > > >> So if an article is outdated, then it is ready for deletion....or ??? > >> > >> Is it wise to have outdated articles alongside the correct/newer ones, > >> thinking of e.g. building instructions it would at least confuse me. > >> > >> but I have no problem using {{Delete}} thanks for advicing me. > >> > >> jan. > >> > >> On 26 October 2012 19:03, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net > >** > >> wrote: > >> > >> Jan; > >>> > >>> No the outdated symbol is different. {{Delete}} Is a template that puts > >>> the article in a special category to be deleted by an admin or by a > bot. > >>> > >>> Keith > >>> > >>> > >>> jan iversen wrote: > >>> > >>> Do you mean the "outdated" symbol, which should do just fine ?? > >>>> > >>>> Jan. > >>>> > >>>> On 26 October 2012 17:18, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 10/25/12 9:19 PM, jan iversen wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Maybe we could move them to an archive.... ?? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> I think we can find probably common consensus that we want to delete > >>>>> pages to clean up this old stuff. > >>>>> > >>>>> For example nobody needs today the old building guides. Let us focus > on > >>>>> the future and here I think less but correct and up-to-date > information > >>>>> is more. > >>>>> > >>>>> When I remember correct there exist a template that could be used to > >>>>> mark a page for deletion. > >>>>> > >>>>> Simply put {{Delete}} on top of the page > >>>>> > >>>>> Or we can create our own delete template with further instructions > how > >>>>> to proceed. > >>>>> > >>>>> Administrator can for this from time to time and can delete stuff. Or > >>>>> we > >>>>> can try to cleanup such pages via a wiki bot. > >>>>> > >>>>> Juergen > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> jan > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 25 October 2012 21:12, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Nobody want to delete information and wiki pages only admin can > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> actually delete pages. Even then there might be some rights about > >>>>>>> ownership. Is like sourceforge dont delete inactive projects. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Still good conversation to debate. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 10/25/12, jan iversen <jancasacon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> To my knowledge, articles that are marked outdated with a > reference > >>>>>>>> to > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> a > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> newer article stays in Wiki. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Would it not be a good idea to remove such pages, in order not to > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> confuse > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> users ?? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> There are however no means, which I can find, to do that ? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Reason for my idea/question is that I am looking at localization > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> (l10n), > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> and there are a bit of old information. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Jan. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Alexandro Colorado > >>>>>>> PPMC Apache OpenOffice > >>>>>>> http://es.openoffice.org > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > >
