[Mediawiki-l] Is MediaWiki-l dysfunctional? What is it good for, really?

[Gary Kirk]

I have XAMPP from ApacheFriends on an old Windows 98 box, maybe that
is appropriate for your needs.

I don't understand your comment about #mediawiki/IRC.

If you don't want the responses the moment they're sent then you can
hardly complain that they come too late, can you. Technical issues are
different, I suppose, but you can always look at the archives @
lists.wikimedia.org.


On 23/05/07, Monahon, Peter B. <Peter.Monahon at uspto.gov> wrote:
> Hi Gary,
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> Just to clarify:
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> > Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:15:37 +0100
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> > From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk at gmail.com>
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> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Is MediaWiki-l
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> >     dysfunctional? What is it good for, really?
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> > To: "MediaWiki announcements and site
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> >     admin list" <mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
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> >
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> > I am growing frustrated with your messages...
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> Peter Blaise says: Then either ignore me or respond to me privately, off
> list, eh?
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> > Gary says: Nobody is forcing you to use,
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> > view, or post to this mailing list...
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> Peter Blaise says: Nor you.  But somehow, I've had trouble getting my
> situation presented - not enough room to address BIG problems?  Hence my
> question, what's the list for, really?
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> > Gary says: If you want people's responses
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> > when they send them, why sign up to the
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> > digest version? You can change your
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> > settings at lists.wikimedia.org...
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> Peter Blaise says: I don't want their response when they send them, one
> by one, I want to read all engaged dialogical responses from all
> contributors all together as much as possible, with each of us
> responding to each other feedback in process.  The digest was arriving
> multiple times daily, then stopped for days, hence my question, is the
> list dysfunctional?
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> > Gary says: There is support available on
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> > MediaWiki.org:
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> > mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk.
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> > There's also #mediawik at irc.freenode.net...
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> Peter Blaise says: Nope.  Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.  There
> is no "there" there.
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> > Gary says: This list is a fantastic resource
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> > and you have done nothing but rubbish it
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> > or complain. Remember, we don't owe you
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> > anything, but as we're nice people, we'll try
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> > and help. We're all also human, and we
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> > have limits...
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> Peter Blaise says: Complain?  Heck - all I'm asking for is HELP, and
> specific help at that!  This list has been ZERO support for me and my
> problems as presented.  So, our experience differ.
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> However, please set me straight - contribute an accurate answer today!
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> If YOU know how to install MediaWiki on Window XP Pro with Apache, PHP,
> MySQL and PHPMyAdmin, then please contribute your notes and make the
> list as useful for me as you claim it is for you.
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> Thanks!
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> - Peter Blaise
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-- 
Gary Kirk