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- Update outdated factoids
- List factoid candidates
- Tidy up factoid aliases
- Provide a collaborative method of factoid review and updates
Methodology
(as of Nov 2, 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Sample Criteria: Factoids with useful but outdated information, with typographical errors, broken links, could be made more succinct or verbose.
Under the heading "Candidates For Inclusion", sections containing:
Proposed factoid name (including aliases), Proposed content, Reasoning (please include your name), Notes/Actions taken (please include your name)
Sample Criteria: Factoids which do not yet exist but possibly should.
The table format for 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 above described 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Cedega is no longer available,factoid is obsolete,Kaulbach |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 |
!dma |
dma is Direct Memory Access/Addressing. It makes hardware transfer data faster, and is supported by most systems since 2002. For more information see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DMA |
The link states 6.06 onward have it automatically enabled , Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!distrologic |
distrologic is the logic behind using a distribution. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistroLogic |
Requested 3 times in 5 years. Recommend the link be appended to !distro, Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!klik |
klik is a simple way to run additional software without actually installing it. For instructions and more information see http://dot.kde.org/1126867980/ |
link info is from 2005 (KDE3) |
, 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.com/community/UbuntuEyeCandy. Kubuntu (KDE) themes: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizeKubuntu. 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.org/wiki/Newt or try !edgy |
Should be just an alias to !edgy now , Kaulbach |
Awaiting review,Kaulbach |
!scanning (aliases: !xsane !scan !sane) |
Scanning software: Simple-Scan (GNOME), Xsane, the GIMP (GNOME), Kooka (KDE). For instructions see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo and to see supported hardware: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsScanners - See also !OCR |
Kooka is now superceded by skanlite, Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!usplash (aliases: !splashy) |
To select the usplash artwork you want, use "sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so && sudo update-initramfs -u" - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/USplashCustomizationHowto for adding your custom artwork |
usplash is obsolete, startupmanager is used now. link is also for an EOL release (edgy), Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!floppy |
To mount floppy disks, see here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MakeFloppyDriveAvailableToEveryone |
link references Edubuntu 5.10, requested 179 times in 5 years... possible candidate for deletion entirely. Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!networkmanager (aliases: !network-manager, !network manager) |
networkmanager is an application to make (wireless) networking Just Work. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager |
Referenced link is "Unsupported Version" and "Candidate for Deletion" - Should be changed to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager0.7, Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
!adsl (aliases: !pppoe, !dsl) |
Setting up an ADSL/PPPoE connection? Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE |
Link is for command-line setup under Ubuntu Server 9.10 and not helpful for desktop users. Suggest mentioning !networkmanager first then: For command-line setup.. <rest of existing factoid here>, Kaulbach |
Awaiting review, Kaulbach |
Candidates For Inclusion
!newfactoid |
Newfactoid is an example of something users should know about and is usually much too tedious to keep typing in a support channel. |
We need to know about newfactoid! , Kaulbach |
Example - no action taken,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
!msfonts is an alias to !fonts which is an alias to !font ... which while it may work means when you look up !font in database it does not show !msfonts as being one of it's aliases - Kaulbach
IRC/FactoidCleanup (last edited 2011-11-04 19:13:31 by mystic-scientist)