> Therefore, Wikia has made some changes which have finally hit our wiki: > - Anonymous users will see ads on most pages. > - Logged on users should only see ads on the main page. > - Logged on users will see a blank space instead of an ad. > - Some ads are really ugly flash crap (can be reported). > - The default skin has changed to Monaco Smoke. ... > I recommend that readers create an account and log on. You will be asked your > date > of birth (required by the US COPPA child protection act). Enter a bogus birth > date > in 1990 or earlier. I recommend a genuine email address: I have received no > junk > mail, but it is handy to receive an email if you choose to watch a page, or if > another user wants to contact you (they don't see your email address unless > you > reply).
I just have a couple of comments to add: 1. I too would love to see the wiki moved to an ad-free, well-maintained, up-to-date server. I too agree this isn't going to happen, at least not in the short term. The only person who to me seems like a candidate with the stickability and passion to oversee such a thing would be John. And, to be honest, to future-proof it in such a way that if whoever maintains it loses interest/leaves/dies/becomes uncontactable, you really need to have a few people with full admin access to all passwords, etc. so it doesn't become lost to the community. Too often single admins take on tasks on behalf of a community and then disappear, leaving the community in the lurch with no or sub-par access to their own data. 2. I think our focus should be on 'anonymous users.' It is the thousands of Vim users who are *not* on the mailing list who just Google for help or browse the Wiki that should be the target audience, not the mailing list regulars who already know a lot of the stuff on the Wiki anyway. Creating an account at Wikia, installing browser extensions, proxies, etc. are not really good workarounds for these people, and IMHO, it is if and when ads make the Wiki unbearable for *them* that we should consider moving it elsewhere, or asking Wikia to consider at least lessening the ads on the Vim wiki, which surely must be a pretty high-traffic wiki. Ben. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
