Hi everyone, I started adding the content on the google drive spreadsheet to the wiki. It still needs some clean up.
Totally forgot to create an account. Anyway will do so later. But count me in along with Rayna and Rehab in helping with the wiki. http://wiki.openegypt.net/index.php?title=List_of_Companies_Providing_FOSS_Services Best, M. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Rehab Massoud <[email protected]>wrote: > I can volunteer, but it's my first web-page administration experience > ever. Besides, I won't be available during working hours; is this ok? > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:33:14 AM UTC+2, Ahmed Mekkawy wrote: > >> Seems like a plan to me :-) >> Create a user on the wiki and tell me your username to grant you all >> privileges. >> >> Guys, any volunteers to help Rayna in this? >> On Apr 9, 2013 11:11 PM, "Rayna" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I can lend a hand but -- from experience -- one person can quickly be >>> overwhelmed. There may be a lot of spam (for which I have scripts but they >>> are really brute force :) ) and if you get to have more than 5-6 people >>> editing the wiki regularly, you need 2 people to administrate it. >>> >>> So, I can help but I'd need a second person, and preferably who's fluent >>> in Arabic. Cuz I am guessing (extensive knowledge of) slang only rarely >>> helps in such a venture ;) >>> >>> Rayna >>> >>> >>> 2013/4/9 Ahmed Mekkawy <ahmed....@spirulasystems.**com> >>> >>>> http://www.wikihow.com/Become-**a-Wikipedia-Administrator<http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Wikipedia-Administrator> >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>> Founder | CTO >>>> Spirula Systems >>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:28 PM, AMahdy AbdElAziz <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I believe pages on wikipedia do not have admin/admins, do they? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AMahdy AbdElAziz >>>>> http://www.AMahdy.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Ahmed Mekkawy < >>>>> ahmed....@spirulasystems.**com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> AMahdy, I understand. it would be great if someone stands up for >>>>>> administrating the wiki. It would be more than great. >>>>>> >>>>>> I suggest that we remove the authentication whenever we found this >>>>>> one :) >>>>>> >>>>>> ---- >>>>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>>>> Founder | CTO >>>>>> Spirula Systems >>>>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:17 PM, AMahdy AbdElAziz <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Mekkawy: I didn't mean to ask you in specific. You are not supposed >>>>>>> to admin everything. Let the community do that, the same way wikipedia >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> operated for example. Just a suggestion and again up to the community >>>>>>> here >>>>>>> to decide. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> AMahdy AbdElAziz >>>>>>> http://www.AMahdy.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Ahmed Mekkawy < >>>>>>> ahmed....@spirulasystems.**com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Samar, >>>>>>>> No, you have to create a new account. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> AMahdy and Rayna, >>>>>>>> Well I don't believe that opening the site is the best solution, as >>>>>>>> I see that we'll get poisoned by ones who are not of our interest. I'm >>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>> worried about reading but I'm worried about writing. The best solution >>>>>>>> IMHO >>>>>>>> is to remove the user/pass and make the registration by approval, and >>>>>>>> require login for editing. I totally understand that this isn't a real >>>>>>>> security measure, a basic authentication on an http website is so >>>>>>>> unsecure >>>>>>>> anyway. About AMahdy's suggestion that I watch over the wiki, actually >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> don't have time to filter the registration, not the data. If anyone is >>>>>>>> interested to have all privileges to do that, then please say so. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyway I can remove the authentication if people here see them >>>>>>>> useless. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ---- >>>>>>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>>>>>> Founder | CTO >>>>>>>> Spirula Systems >>>>>>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Rayna <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Good to have it set up but why does it require login? And ok, >>>>>>>>> sending login and password on a public mailing-list is not the most >>>>>>>>> secure >>>>>>>>> thing to do ;) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Rayna >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 2013/4/9 Ahmed Mekkawy <ahmed....@spirulasystems.**com> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> in case someone didn't notice my reply on the email before, >>>>>>>>>> here's our wiki, which is still empty till the moment of writing >>>>>>>>>> this: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://wiki.openegypt.net >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> username: openegypt >>>>>>>>>> password: openegypt123 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>> ---- >>>>>>>>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>>>>>>>> Founder | CTO >>>>>>>>>> Spirula Systems >>>>>>>>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>>>> Google Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>>> send an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/** >>>>>>>>>> groups/opt_out <https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out>. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> "Change l'ordre du monde plutôt que tes désirs." >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://de.linkedin.com/in/**raynas<http://de.linkedin.com/in/raynas> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit >>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>> send an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For more options, visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For more options, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> For more options, visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "Change l'ordre du monde plutôt que tes désirs." >>> >>> http://de.linkedin.com/in/**raynas <http://de.linkedin.com/in/raynas> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to openegypt+...@**googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenEgypt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenEgypt" group. 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