Re: [Users] Request for Wiki - dates

----- 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 out of date.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

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