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• This page started October 31, 2011 by Michael Kaulbach for the purpose of working on the cleanup of Ubottu's factoids as mentioned in part by a request in the #ubuntu-irc mailing-list, "New roles in the Ubuntu IRC team"

Objectives

- Remove obsolete factoids
- Update outdated factoids
- Tidy up factoid aliases
- Provide a collaborative method of factoid review and updates

Methodology

(as of Oct 31, 2011)

Under the heading "Candidates For Removal", sections containing:

Factoid name (including aliases), Factoid content, Reason (please include your name), Notes/Actions taken (please include your name)
Sample Criteria: Factoids with obsolete information, inaccurate information, potentially harmful, and cannot or will not be updated.

Under the heading "Candidates For Update", sections containing:

Factoid name (including aliases), Factoid content, Reason/Proposed update (please include your name), Notes/Actions taken (please include your name)
Sample Criteria: Factoids with useful but outdated information, with typographical errors, broken links, could be made more succinct or verbose.
The current table format for both headings is currently:
||<|2:10%>Name||<|2:30%>Content||<|2:30%>Reason/Proposal, Name||<|2:30%>Notes/Action, Name||<<BR>>

Under the heading "Remarks:"

Comments regarding anything which does not fit under the first two headings...

Candidates For Removal

||<|2:10%>!removefact||<|2:30%>Something totally rediculous here like how to accidentally wipe out your root filesystem...||<|2:30%>This is dangerous and should be removed! , Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Example - no action taken,Kaulbach||

||<|2:10%>!debtags||<|2:30%>at http://wiki.debian.org/DebTags ||<|2:30%>Broken link and requested a total of 1 time in 5 years, Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Awaiting review,Kaulbach||

||<|2:10%>!nalioth||<|2:30%><reply> Sorry, nalioth's repository is no longer available.||<|2:30%>Last edited in 2007, called a total of 22 times , Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Awaiting review, Kaulbach||

||<|2:10%>!mol||<|2:30%>MacOnLinux. For a complete howto, visit http://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacOnLinuxHowto ||<|2:30%>References a now nonexistent package, Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Awaiting review, Kaulbach||

||<|2:10%>!cedega||<|2:30%>a project based on WINE, aimed at running Windows games on Linux. For more info, see http://help.ubuntu.c…ity/Cedega ||<|2:30%>Cedega is no longer available,factoid is obsolete,Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Awaiting review, Kaulbach||

Candidates For Update

||<|2:10%>!oldfact||<|2:30%>Something here like how to compile on Ubuntu 4.10 ||<|2:30%>It's for 4.10! Should be: Something here here on how to compile with Ubuntu 12.04 , Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Example Action- updated,Kaulbach||

||<|2:10%>!changethemes aliases: !changetheme||<|2:30%><reply> To change GNOME themes: https://help.ubuntu.…uEyeCandy. Kubuntu (KDE) themes: https://help.ubuntu.…zeKubuntu. Xubuntu (Xfce): !xfce-themes ||<|2:30%>Both links are broken, also Ubuntu link description is GNOME specific. No current replacement suggestion yet. Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Awaiting review,Kaulbach||

||<|2:10%>!eft (no aliases)||<|2:30%>a newt in its terrestrial stage of development - the release after Dapper is called Edgy Eft. For information and pictures of efts/newts, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt or try !edgy||<|2:30%>Should be just an alias to !edgy now , Kaulbach||<|2:30%>Awaiting review,Kaulbach||

Remarks:

!sunjava should probably not be an alias to !java anymore - Kaulbach

!mail (aliases:!lists,!mailinglists,!ml)reads: <reply>Mail is another medium to communicate. Ubuntu mailing lists can be found at http://lists.ubuntu.com ..which is somewhat confusing. Suggest !ml be assigned to this and !mail point to something to do with email in a more generalized way - Kaulbach