From: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com&gt; Cc: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt;, "Yedidyah Bar David" <didi(a)redhat.com&gt; Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:15:04 AM Subject: Re: [Users] Request for Wiki - dates Il 14/03/2014 04:16, Doron Fediuck ha scritto: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com&gt; >> To: "Doron Fediuck" <dfediuck(a)redhat.com&gt; >> Cc: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:17:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [Users] Request for Wiki - dates >> >> >> On 03/13/2014 03:28 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com&gt; >>>> To: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; >>>> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:53:13 PM >>>> Subject: [Users] Request for Wiki - dates >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> As most are aware, there's a lot of information on the Ovirt Wiki that's >>>> out of date. In spite of our best efforts, that will probably always be >>>> true - it's the nature of Wikis. >>>> >>>> When I look for information on our Wiki, I never know where the most >>>> current information is. >>>> >>>> I think it would be really helpful if someplace on each Wiki page was a >>>> useful date to let us know the currency of the info. Probably the most >>>> useful date is last-modified, although creation date might also be >>>> useful. Maybe we could even map/display the date to the version number >>>> of whatever the current stable release was at the time for context >>>> (sometimes the content of a page calls out a particular version it's >>>> addressing, but a lot of the time it does not). >>>> >>>> Just as an example, I want to find out about migrating my existing >>>> configuration to self-hosted, using 3.4 RC2. A google search shows the >>>> following links (in order shown): >>>> >>>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Self_Hosted_Engine >>>> http://www.ovirt.org/Migrate_to_Hosted_Engine >>>> http://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Howto >>>> ... >>>> >>>> I'm sure the Features page is ancient at this point. It's hard to tell >>>> about the 2nd page. >>>> >>>> Of course the date a page was last modified doesn't directly indicate >>>> how correct/current the information is, but there's a correlation. >>>> Knowing the date would be useful in making a judgment. It might even >>>> help the task of identifying and cleaning up obsolete pages. >>>> >>>> Easy to do? >>>> >>>> -Bob >>>> >>> Hi Bob, >>> I'm not against it and I'm aware of the fact that pages tend to become >>> out >>> of date. >>> Since every page has a history as you can see in the attached, adding >>> another date >>> seems needles. >>> >>> What do you think? >> Hi Doron, >> >> I was thinking of something very simple - a clear text date on ever page >> on the Wiki. >> >> I can't see anything that looks like your attached picture of menus on >> this page, for example: >> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Self_Hosted_Engine >> >> Do you have to log in to see that menu? If so, that's not very helpful >> to those without accounts... >> >> -Bob >> > > Hi Bob, > so for that we have the update date: > > Current status > Initial POC devel > Last updated: March 13, 2014 There is an ongoing discussion about adding correct edit dates to all wiki pages http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/infra/2014-February/005448.html