FactoidCleanup
About
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- Update outdated factoids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Sample Criteria: Factoids with useful but outdated information, with typographical errors, broken links, could be made more succinct or verbose.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||
Under the heading "Remarks:"
Comments regarding anything which does not fit under the first two headings.
Candidates For Removal
!removefact |
Something totally rediculous here like how to accidentally wipe out your root filesystem... |
This is dangerous and should be removed! , Kaulbach |
Example - no action taken,Kaulbach |
!nalioth |
<reply> Sorry, nalioth's repository is no longer available. |
Last edited in 2007, called a total of 22 times , Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!mol |
MacOnLinux. For a complete howto, visit http://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacOnLinuxHowto |
References a now nonexistent package, Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!cedega |
a project based on WINE, aimed at running Windows games on Linux. For more info, see http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cedega |
Cedega is no longer available,factoid is obsolete,Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
Candidates For Update
!oldfact |
Something here like how to compile on Ubuntu 4.10 |
It's for 4.10! Should be: Something here here on how to compile with Ubuntu 12.04 , Kaulbach |
Example Action- updated,Kaulbach |
!changethemes aliases: !changetheme |
<reply> To change GNOME themes: https://help.ubuntu.…uEyeCandy. Kubuntu (KDE) themes: https://help.ubuntu.…zeKubuntu. Xubuntu (Xfce): !xfce-themes |
Both links are broken, also Ubuntu link description is GNOME specific. No current replacement suggestion yet. Kaulbach |
Awaiting review,Kaulbach |
!eft (no aliases) |
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.…/wiki/Newt or try !edgy |
Should be just an alias to !edgy now , Kaulbach |
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