Re: Help requested with Piecepack Wiki cleanup effort

["littlebrothertimmy" <littlebrothertimmy@...>]

Good idea! I just posted a news item on BGG :)

Roger

--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...> wrote:
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> For my part, you're welcome, and thank you, Roger.
>
> If you're happy about the current state of the wiki, why not spread
> the word that we're back on sites like BoardGameGeek?
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> Thanks again!
>
> Ron
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:05 AM, littlebrothertimmy
> <littlebrothertimmy@...> wrote:
> > Let me be the first one to thank everyone who has revitalised the wiki. It's really great that things are working again! I can only imagine all the (spare)time you've spent restoring all the pages. Work like this should not be taken for granted!!!
> >
> > Once again: THANK YOU!
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@> wrote:
> >>
> >> If the ToyVault piecepack is going to be as big a deal for the
> >> piecepack community as I predict it is, both Piecepack.org and the
> >> Piecepack Wiki are going to receive a sudden influx of new visitors
> >> relatively soon.
> >>
> >> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/474608/want-to-get-published-design-a-piecepack-game-for
> >>
> >> I can't do anything about the way-out-of-date status of Piecepack.org,
> >> but I do maintain the Piecepack Wiki, and I'd like to enlist your help
> >> to clean it up.
> >>
> >> http://ludism.org/ppwiki
> >>
> >> As you may know, Ludism.org, the server for the Piecepack Wiki,
> >> suffered a hardware failure in May 2009, and it took a few weeks to
> >> restore the Piecepack Wiki and various other services. All of the
> >> information from the wiki was preserved, but it's now running on
> >> different wiki software called OddMuse (the old software was
> >> MoinMoin). This means that there are various small glitches because of
> >> differences in the software's markup language. In particular, there
> >> are many broken links.
> >>
> >> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/409478/ppwiki-rest-in-piece
> >>
> >> I would have to say that the other big problem is that the many custom
> >> scripts written by Mark Biggar and friends, such as the ones that scan
> >> the wiki and automatically list games by number of players and so on,
> >> are also broken with the switch to the new software. It's possible to
> >> write new scripts or rewrite the old ones (although I have neither the
> >> time nor the expertise at the moment), but if no one can do that right
> >> now, it would still be nice to clean up all the broken links and
> >> broken tables left over from the scripts.
> >>
> >> Even bearing in mind that I "run" it (inasmuch as anyone ever runs a
> >> wiki, which is not much), I still think the Piecepack Wiki is the best
> >> place to find information about the piecepack right now, considering
> >> Piecepack.org hasn't been touched in many years -- the front page
> >> still reads "Page content last modified on: 10/19/2004", although I do
> >> think it's been updated a little since then.
> >>
> >> If you agree, would you please help me clean it up? Don't be afraid.
> >> Dig in. I have backups, if anyone gets into trouble. At least clean up
> >> the pages about you and your own games! If everyone did that, we'd be
> >> a long way toward making the wiki something to be proud of again when
> >> all those new players suddenly get interested in our hobby.
> >>
> >> Comments, anyone?
> >>
> >> piecefully,
> >>
> >> Ron
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ron Hale-Evans ... rwhe@ ... http://ron.ludism.org/ ... (206) 201-1768
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> >> �The proteiform graph itself is a polyhedron of scripture. (Finnegans
> >> Wake 107:08)
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> Ron Hale-Evans ... rwhe@... ... http://ron.ludism.org/ ... (206) 201-1768
>     Mind Performance Hacks book: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101534/
>  The proteiform graph itself is a polyhedron of scripture. (Finnegans
> Wake 107:08)
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