[wiki]: FIRSTWiki Active?

[Tanner]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

Also, are you volunteering?

Always.

-Tanner

[Tanner]

Not sure whether I should post here or at the wiki as I'm not sure where ya'll/anyone will be notified.

What's the status on getting the backend up to date? I don't know what to do with myself when Special:Specialpages isn't sorted. Ah..

On a serious note, I bet there are a few bugs crushed by the new version. Among some other things. Somewhere...

-Tanner

[synth3tk]

We need FTP access.

Where is this hosted, and who would have the access/permission for us to get this updated?

[Tanner]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

We need FTP access.

Where is this hosted, and who would have the access/permission for us to get this updated?

Yep.

As far as I know, Max is the only one who has access to it. Although since it has been said it is hosted by the same guy who hosts CD (I don't know who this is - picking the administration out here is so hard), it might be possible to ask him.

I did send Max a PM 10 days ago (before I posted this post) asking if the wiki was still alive and he has not replied. 'Course the last time he logged in was last year.

[looks into emailing Max].

-Tanner

[synth3tk]

Brandon Martus. He's the CD admin. I remember they mentioned moving it to the server.

See if we can get an FTP sub-account or something.

[Tanner]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

Brandon Martus. He's the CD admin. I remember they mentioned moving it to the server.

See if we can get an FTP sub-account or something.

Max said Astronouth7303 has FTP access as well so I'll see if he can do it if able.

-Tanner

[cbale2000]

Would be good too see some updates come to the Wiki, I am one of the Sysops and for a while I was very active in keeping things up to date, but with all the bugs in the code, needed updates, and total lack of activity (there were maybe 3 people that regularly edited the wiki back when I worked on it a lot), I put working on it on the backburner.

My only real problem with the wiki was the lack of active people with administrative access to fix things and lack of people with knowledge of FIRST topics editing it. One can only ward off spam and formatting errors for so long on a dead wiki before they ask "What's the point?"


I'd be happy to still help out, I just hope this "revival see's more people getting involved and editing it (perhaps a CD portal announcement to help draw attention?)

[Astronouth7303]

In case you didn't notice, I'm updating MediaWiki tonight. If you want live updates or have questions, you should join me in IRC.

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

In case you didn't notice, I'm updating MediaWiki tonight. If you want live updates or have questions, you should join me in IRC.

Never used IRC, but good to hear the Wiki is getting a well needed update! Any other changes besides just a version upgrade (Plugins, extentions, tools, anti-bot registration software)?

[Astronouth7303]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

Never used IRC, but good to hear the Wiki is getting a well needed update! Any other changes besides just a version upgrade (Plugins, extentions, tools, anti-bot registration software)?

One thing at a time. My current plans are to backup all data and files and to upgrade existing software. If things go horribly awry, I'll wipe it and restore it.

[EDIT]You can use the online version in my signature.[/EDIT]

[Tanner]

Sweet - updates.

I woke up and noticed it was still updating? The ten hour upgrade? Anything go wrong?

-Tanner

[Astronouth7303]

Originally Posted by Tanner

Sweet - updates.

I woke up and noticed it was still updating? The ten hour upgrade? Anything go wrong?

-Tanner

Yeah. It takes a long time to move 4GB of data over the Internet.

Also, the installed versions of PHP and libxml2 have issues. I've let Brandon know.

For now, I've restored the old files.

[virtuald]

If anyone here is still involved with FIRST and interested in contributing, I've resurrected FIRSTwiki as a set of github pages sites. I believe this implementation addresses a number of problems:

• No server software to go out of date
• Github takes care of spam for us
• If admins decide to abandon the project, it's trivially simple for someone to fork their own version

See my thread here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=147329