Organizing the wiki
lazarus / 8-Other

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dubst3pp4 · 2018-12-19 06:16

Hello,

I've updated some information about the installation of Lazarus / Free
Pascal on Fedora in the wiki:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/Install_on_Fedora

Now I've seen that there is a similar and out-of-date page:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_release_version_for_Fedora

Should I suggest the page for deletion on the discussion page? Or is
it better to simply forward from this site to the up-to-date
instructions? Is it okay to simply delete pages or should it be
discussed before?

There are also many pages without a proper categorization or
hierarchy, is anyone allowed to organise content in the wiki?

Best regards,
Marc

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wp · 2018-12-19 08:37

I think it is very difficult to get a wiki page deleted. There is no
"Request for deletion" button, and I fear nobody with administrative
rights will read the discussion pages.

I'd add a remark at the top of the old page that it is outdated and
provide a link to the new page.

Everybody with a wiki account is allowed to modify any page (well,
maybe a few of them are locked, I don't know). Of course, you should
not abuse this possibility. I see often that people add categorization
to my own pages, add additonional details or fix typos, and I am
grateful for this.

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dubst3pp4 · 2018-12-19 08:46

Quote from: wp on December 19, 2018, 09:37:06 amI'd add a remark at
the top of the old page that it is outdated and provide a link to the
new page.
Thanks wp, I will go exactly this way!

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Bart · 2018-12-19 09:05

There is a category "Pages for deletion" or similar (you can search
categories on the wiki).
Just add this category to the page.

If the "old" page really is outdated, you can also delete the contents
and redirect the page to the "new" page.
First try the "what links here" link on the left menu, to see if you
need to update links in pages that link to the old one.

Ever so often I try to see if pages are uo for deleting and if
appropriate I delete them.

Bart