Re: The old wiki.netbsd.se

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Swift Griggs <swiftgriggs%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
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> https://web.archive.org/web/20100527034652/http://wiki.netbsd.se/Main_Page
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> "Dear Users, Thank you for your patience and your contributions over the
> last 4 years. The time has come to shut down this wiki. Please refer to the
> official NetBSD wiki in the future."
>
> I'm just being nosy. Anyone remember what happened that made the site
> operator ditch the site? "The time has come" Why did it come ?
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> Personally, I found it far more useful and rewarding than the TNF wiki (not
> knocking TNF). Plus, I had an account and could edit pages etc..
>
> I'm considering snarfing all my content back outta the wayback machine and
> resurrecting my own version of it. However, I'd first like to understand the
> original story if anyone knows it. Was it hackers beating on the site?
> Spammers take over the mail relay? Did the guy just get a divorce and his
> ex-wife's alimony take away the bandwidth fees?
>
> The answer I'd dread to hear is "It was too open and not dryly clinical or
> academically pedantic enough. So, we shut it down. Too many people had
> access." Unfortunately, due to the meta-refresh to wiki.netbsd.org appearing
> right afterward, it's an open question in my mind. Thus, I don't want to end
> up fussing with TNF if I stood something like it back up. That's the main
> reason why I'm so curious.
>
> Please don't take my speculation the wrong way, it's just guessing/fear.
>
> Maybe I was the only one who liked it and I'm just wasting my time.
>
> Thanks,
>   Swift


I imported things I thought were useful into wiki.netbsd.org, mostly
here: http://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/