From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keld =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rn?= Simonsen Subject: Re: howto and faq Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:52:46 +0100 Message-ID: <20080210185246.GA8705@rap.rap.dk> References: <20080207164249.GA7116@rap.rap.dk> <47AECC59.1020808@dgreaves.com> <20080210111404.GA4823@rap.rap.dk> <47AF4094.3040702@dgreaves.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47AF4094.3040702@dgreaves.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Greaves Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 06:21:08PM +0000, David Greaves wrote: > Keld J=F8rn Simonsen wrote: > > I would then like that to be reflected in the main page. > > I would rather that this be called "Howto and FAQ - Linux raid" > > than "Main Page - Linux Raid". Is that possible? >=20 > Just like C has a main() wiki's have a Main Page :) >=20 > I guess it could be changed but I think it involves editing the Media= wiki config > - maybe next time I'm in there... OK, good. >=20 > > And then, how do we structure the pages? I think we need a new sect= ion > > for the FAQ. >=20 > By all means create an FAQ page and link to answers or other relevant= sections > of the wiki. Bear in mind that this is a reference work and whilst it= may > contain tutorials the idea is that it contains (reasonably) authorita= tive > information about the linux raid subsystem (linking to the source, ke= rnel docs > or man pages if that's more appropriate). Yes, I will be conservative and robust in what I write there. > > And then I would like a clearer statement on the relation between t= he > > linux-raid mailing list and the pages, right in the top of the main= page. > The relationship is loose - the statement as it stands describes the = current > state of affairs. If Neil feels that he could or would like to help t= he case by > declaring a more official relationship then that's his call. To be fa= ir I work > on these pages on and off as the mood takes me :) if I was Neil I'd b= e keeping > an eye on it and waiting for the right level of community involvement= =2E OK, I will only state something like the usual FAQ thing: please consul= t the FAQ before submitting questions to the list. > > I have had a look at other search engines, yahoo and msn. > > Our pages do show up within the 10 first hits for "linux raid". > > So that is not that bad. Still, Google has the > > http://linux-raid.osdl.org/ page as number 127. That is very bad. > > Maybe something about it being referenced from wikipedia? >=20 > I'm not an expert at gaming the search engines - more than happy to d= o rational > things like linking from Wikipedia and other reference sites. >=20 > I am sad that I've had such a poor response from the other linux docu= mentation > sites... maybe a Slashdot article not so much about doc-rot but about= the > difficulty of combating doc-rot would help... >=20 > Maybe they'd take more notice if I said "the linux raid subsystem mai= ntainer > says..." - dunno. I think we should just contact some more people... And then do some linking ourselves. Best regards Keld - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html