Subject: Wiki shutdown
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Zafer Aydogan <zafer.aydogan@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 04/08/2006 17:34:43
Hello List,
I just wanted to inform you, that the Wiki Service at wiki.onetbsd.org
will be shut down in the next couple of weeks, due to inactivity of
it's users.
I thought that NetBSD users would benefit from this service.
The majority of articles were written by myself and may or maynot be
correct. But in the wiki manner, I thought this would resolve.
The Idea of editing articles without registrating didn't worked out,
since the Wiki was a victim of wiki bots spreading spam. Daily
reverting of articles were my job.
The login obligation didn't solved my problems either, since there is
a wiki hole that doesn't validates the E-Mail Address. Solving that,
finally solved the spam issues.
In my opinion the lack of articles were the main problem of the Wiki.
Since most of the visitors are coming to get information or to correct
information, instead of to write new ones.
As I am not all knowing and have not too much spare time, the articles
I wrote were limited.
My dream of an evolving database with useful information didn't worked out.
Thank you everyone, who committed.
Yours, Zafer Aydogan.
[wikiSysop]
ps: Everyone who wants to keep this service going, please write an
E-Mail to me off-list, so I can't send you the mysql-dump and all
necessary files.