Hello all,
I just stumbled over some old pages, and just deleted one without much content at all, I am wondering if it is fine to also delete pages like: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Hardware/OpenPandora which were setup and then not further developed and the quality is not really that well.
What is your take? And do you from time to time do some cleanup on the wiki / flag obviously outdated pages?
Thanks a lot.
Best regards, Matthias
Hi Matthias,
Am Samstag, 12. März 2022, 06:53:20 CET schrieb Matthias Kirschner:
I just stumbled over some old pages, and just deleted one without much content at all, I am wondering if it is fine to also delete pages like: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Hardware/OpenPandora which were setup and then not further developed and the quality is not really that well.
What is your take?
With our previous wiki cleanups, we've been very relaxed in actually removing pages. Mostly, because the wiki was quite very unstructured at that time, and sorting out the pages would have increased the workload quite a bit compared to "just" organizing them. That said, we did remove pages when they obviously did not contain any useful content.
My personal take is that page removal usually is a very nuanced process. I tend to err on the side of caution (as I'm a little bit of a digital hoarder myself), but use your own judgement and be bold ;-)
If things are not clear cut, I usually try contacting the author and/or flag the page by adding one of these two categories:
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Category/DeletionCandidate https://wiki.fsfe.org/Category/ImproveThisPage
And do you from time to time do some cleanup on the wiki / flag obviously outdated pages?
No, not for some time now...
Cheers, Johannes
On 3/14/22 22:52, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote:
Hi Matthias,
Hi,
Am Samstag, 12. März 2022, 06:53:20 CET schrieb Matthias Kirschner:
I just stumbled over some old pages, and just deleted one without much content at all, I am wondering if it is fine to also delete pages like: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Hardware/OpenPandora which were setup and then not further developed and the quality is not really that well.
What is your take?
I don't feel I am in charge to judge the quality of a page. In regards to OpenPandora I think the project is alive but more something for hobbyists.
With our previous wiki cleanups, we've been very relaxed in actually removing pages. Mostly, because the wiki was quite very unstructured at that time, and sorting out the pages would have increased the workload quite a bit compared to "just" organizing them. That said, we did remove pages when they obviously did not contain any useful content.
I think we have deleted very few (maybe to few) pages in the past. It's difficult to actually judge the benefits of the page for our community.
My personal take is that page removal usually is a very nuanced process. I tend to err on the side of caution (as I'm a little bit of a digital hoarder myself), but use your own judgement and be bold ;-)
If things are not clear cut, I usually try contacting the author and/or flag the page by adding one of these two categories:
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Category/DeletionCandidate https://wiki.fsfe.org/Category/ImproveThisPage
Maybe it would be a good first step to flag pages and see if someone in the community updates the page or at least points out interest in keeping the page.
And do you from time to time do some cleanup on the wiki / flag obviously outdated pages?
No, not for some time now...
Well we had hard times for face to face meetings for the past couple of years I think. Usually work on the wiki was done while sitting close together.
Well for the past two years I have maintained the wiki server operating system but since this is now automated by system-hackers (at least that's what I understood) their was little need to action.
Cheers, Johannes