[Users] Request for Wiki - dates

Bob Doolittle bob at doolittle.us.com
Thu Mar 13 16:17:22 EDT 2014


On 03/13/2014 03:28 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Doolittle" <bob at doolittle.us.com>
>> To: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
>> 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 out of date.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 I'm not against it and I'm aware of the fact that pages tend to become out of date.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



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