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Qwenty, ease up. Your attitude does grate on ppl, especially me.

UnderDog

qwenty said: you do that manually by editing the first post? (respectable)

Thank you, thank you. I also accept PM's regarding posts and post titles, so I can change them if necessary.

Isn't better to create a new category called "Wiki candidates", then moving these discussion into it?

It's better to activate a plugin called 'discussion prefixes'. I have no control over plugins, applications (Wiki Application!) and categories though :-)

hbf

qwenty said:

UnderDog said:

Hint : I've been adding [Documentation] prefixes and 'documentation' tags to every discussion that ended in showing an answer to the user that had a question PLUS that was documented enough to put on the Wiki.

You solved one of my question: how [Documentation] prefix is added to some discussion?

you do that manually by editing the first post? (respectable)

Isn't better to create a new category called "Wiki candidates", then moving these discussion into it?

This is a really great idea. It would make it much easier to find stuff to transfer to the wiki. I've had trouble searching to get items

You can't rely on the core team to take care of everything.

right!

if the domain name is why you think that people should not contribute to the wiki then im saddened by your complete lack of appreciation for what i and other people around here are trying to do for the community.

@hbf

Misapprehension! I never said that, did I? this is my phrase: If I were you, i didn't work at all on such rigmarole sub-domain! but on a beauty one, actually YES

It was a suggestion for getting a bare domain. However, your work is really worthwhile.

obviously a language barrier issue then. because i read that statement to mean you dont recommend working on something on a sub domain such as mine.

i think i generally understand your intention now. though admittedly i still have a hard time interpreting the statement directly.

UnderDog

hbf said: This is a really great idea. It would make it much easier to find stuff to transfer to the wiki. I've had trouble searching to get items

http://vanillaforums.org/discussions/tagged/documentation

hbf

UnderDog said:

hbf said: This is a really great idea. It would make it much easier to find stuff to transfer to the wiki. I've had trouble searching to get items

http://vanillaforums.org/discussions/tagged/documentation

Perfect!

CurtisOden

@hbf @qwenty I think I can stretch my budget and pay for the domain (i.e. vanillawiki.org or vanillawiki.com), and hosting of the existing MediaWiki docs, if @hbf is willing to export the hard work. I do think placing the Wiki on a primary domain will increase visibility. I don't think forwarding the domain is the best solution (credibility and SEO). It would be nice to get an endorsement from Vanilla on this effort.

hbf

Just pay for the domain and have it's IP address pointed to my server, I'll take care of the rest.

Mun

@hbf so was the idea to redirect traffic to homebrew or was the idea to start a fresh wiki away from homebrew?

mabo

Tell you what guys, I'll pay for the domain. What domain do you want and what Nameserver do you want it to point too? Goooood Some people :P

Mun

@mabo said: Tell you what guys, I'll pay for the domain. What domain do you want and what Nameserver do you want it to point too? Goooood Some people :P

I already purchased the domain.... and began working on a alternative wiki http://vanillawiki.org, that is why I asked my question...

pawandubey

Mun

@Mun said: I already purchased the domain.... and began working on a alternative wiki http://vanillawiki.org, that is why I asked my question...

It would have been better if there was a consolidation of effort in one place, but its good that more resource sites are springing up. What wiki script are you using on your site, if I may ask? It sure does not look like MediaWiki.

UnderDog

@pawandubey said: What wiki script are you using on your site, if I may ask? It sure does not look like MediaWiki.

Looks like DokuWiki. I agree with the consolidated efforts.
Please talk to @hbf as he is the one to decide to move it all over to your site...

x00

It is just a question of pointing the domain to hbf servers. homebrew is a separate concern, and doesn't have to be mentioned at all. Knowing hbf there is no way he was being cynical.

Mun

The idea is not to try and destroy the consolidation that their already is, rather to try and make a hyper fast wiki for vanilla forums. Yes it is using DokuWiki, as I didn't like mediawiki. The real question I had was whether or not @hbf wanted to move the wiki off of homebrew or to redirect vanillawiki.org to homebrew. In any case things are still fitting into place.

hbf

you can point the nameserver to my IP (it's dynamic so i'd have to have a way to update) or you can use an alias record or frame re-direct to the homebrew domain. I can set up the webserver with a virtual host such that both web addresses are valid and point to the same content.

you may want to talk to your DNS provider to determine what would be the most transparent, supportable mechanism. I use Dyn-DNS for my domains, and i host on my own hardware. Currently two Dell PowerEdge 840's with SAS drives.

im also willing to just shut down my content and have the sub-domain point somewhere else if it looks like there is a solid community involvement there. I'm not profiting in any way from hosting this content, i did it purely for the good of the community.