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[Peter Green <peter AT greenpete.free>]

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Brian, you didn't answer my question regarding the relationship between the 
wiki and the website, but you seemed to have contradicted yourself if I am 
right.

Remember Aaron's question/point?

Either way, it'd be good to clarify.

Peter

Brian Koontz <brian AT opennicproject.org> wrote:

>On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 03:19:43PM -0600, Jamyn Shanley wrote:
>> The vast majority of OpenNIC information could (should?) be put on
>the
>> website, and not a wiki. Essentially there's core information that
>needs to
>> be communicated, and all of that could be put on a website (dynamic
>or not):
>
>The original intent of the wiki was to serve as a technical
>repository.  AFAIK, you all can do what you want.  This happens every
>so often:  New blood comes on board, demands change to the
>latest/greatest web platform flavor of the day, then departs the fix
>without a trace.  Seen it happen more times than I can count.  So call
>me jaded, call me a stick in the mud, whatever.  I'll just leave the
>wiki open and available.  Someone else wants to come along and
>reinvent the wheel, by all means do so.
>
>To me, the wasted effort comes from duplicating work that's already
>been done.  You all want pretty?  Make a pretty website.  But if you
>do, plan on sticking around for the long run to maintain it, update
>the contents, etc.  Otherwise, it just becomes one in a long line of
>failed efforts to get the info to the masses.
>
>  --Brian

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