Re: [piecepack] Re: Help requested with Piecepack Wiki cleanup effort

[Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...>]

Awesome! Thanks. Do you have a link for it?

Ron

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:54 PM, littlebrothertimmy
<littlebrothertimmy@...> wrote:
> Good idea! I just posted a news item on BGG :)
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> Roger
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> --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...> wrote:
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>> For my part, you're welcome, and thank you, Roger.
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>> 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!
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>> Ron
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>> 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!!!
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>> > Once again: THANK YOU!
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>> > Roger
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>> > --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@> wrote:
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>> >> 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.
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>> >> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/474608/want-to-get-published-design-a-piecepack-game-for
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>> >> I can't do anything about the way-out-of-date status of Piecepack.org,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
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>> >> 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
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>> >> 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
>> >> � � 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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>> 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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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)