Is there a tarball somewhere of the Help namespace available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Our local network gets pretty slow during the day, and I'd like to pre-load our Help: namespace with this tree.
Thanks,
Randall
Randall Hopper wrote:
Is there a tarball somewhere of the Help namespace available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:ContentsOur local network gets pretty slow during the day, and I'd like to pre-load our Help: namespace with this tree.
At this time we do not have a redistributable set of help pages with free, non-viral license terms.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Brion Vibber: |Randall Hopper wrote: |>Is there a tarball somewhere of the Help namespace available here: |> |> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents | |At this time we do not have a redistributable set of help pages with |free, non-viral license terms.
Ok. Is there any free documentation on Mediawiki formatting that users can put in their wikis?
Thanks,
Randall
This is something I would like to address, actually. I'd be quite happy to sort out some help namespace content for redistribution, but what sort of license would we be after? GFDL? GPL? Public Domain?
Rob Church
On 21/10/05, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Randall Hopper wrote:
Is there a tarball somewhere of the Help namespace available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:ContentsOur local network gets pretty slow during the day, and I'd like to pre-load our Help: namespace with this tree.
At this time we do not have a redistributable set of help pages with free, non-viral license terms.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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Rob Church: |> > Is there a tarball somewhere of the Help namespace available here: |> > |> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents | |This is something I would like to address, actually. I'd be quite |happy to sort out some help namespace content for redistribution, but |what sort of license would we be after? GFDL? GPL? Public Domain?
Thanks! Re the license, it'd be helpful if admins could just dump the pages in as a starter Help: template, and then augment/trim as desired (for unpopulated templates, etc.) without requiring a public release of the changes.
Randall
Brion Vibber:
Randall Hopper wrote:
Is there a tarball somewhere of the Help namespace available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:ContentsOur local network gets pretty slow during the day, and I'd like to pre-load our Help: namespace with this tree.
At this time we do not have a redistributable set of help pages with free, non-viral license terms.
Could you elaborate? The help pages have quality issues, but I wasn't aware of any licensing issues. While they are GFDL, this should not be an issue, as importing the help into a wiki would constitute "mere aggregation" with other pages in the wiki, which does not invoke the "viral" clause of the GFDL.
Erik
Surely we could release it as part of the documentation of the software itself, and thus under the GNU General Public License; or am I missing something?
Regardless, our end-user documentation stinks. Let's get it sorted.
Rob Church
On 24/10/05, Erik Moeller erik_moeller@gmx.de wrote:
Brion Vibber:
Randall Hopper wrote:
Is there a tarball somewhere of the Help namespace available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:ContentsOur local network gets pretty slow during the day, and I'd like to pre-load our Help: namespace with this tree.
At this time we do not have a redistributable set of help pages with free, non-viral license terms.
Could you elaborate? The help pages have quality issues, but I wasn't aware of any licensing issues. While they are GFDL, this should not be an issue, as importing the help into a wiki would constitute "mere aggregation" with other pages in the wiki, which does not invoke the "viral" clause of the GFDL.
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While the license gets sorted, I'd like to help move things forward on assembling the content. Mainly because I'm building the Help: pages for my site now. ;>) How can I help?
/mjp
Rob Church wrote:
Surely we could release it as part of the documentation of the software itself, and thus under the GNU General Public License; or am I missing something?
Regardless, our end-user documentation stinks. Let's get it sorted.
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