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Re: wiki "abuse"

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VVValeo de Vries <valeo@valeo.co.cc>
Date
Aug 9, 2010, 17:59 UTC
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On 9 August 2010 17:24, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 9 Aug 2010, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
>> I would have welcomed edits that add to the value of the Git wiki as an
>> information source about Git. Not as an information source about you.
>
> Just to make things crystal clear. The _only_ edit was this link to your
> blog. You contributed nothing else. Nada. Zilch.

Would the same have happened if someone like Randy Dunlap or Linus himself had created an account, added a link to their blog or whatever to their user page *before* making contributions? I'm guessing not.

This is quite common practice on the 'net. I personally think that, before one goes and advertises one's site on some else's (and let's face it, with zero contributions in your history, that's what it is - advertising), that you should contribute something of more value first, but that's just my personal opinion. However since this is clearly disliked on the Git wiki, user pages should either be disabled (which is quite easy to do) or there should be a *disclaimer* somewhere that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated. Somewhere like, oh I don't know, <https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Git_SCM_Wiki:General_disclaimer> (which is, quite helpfully, blank).

Banning users without letting on what the rules are isn't very polite, or productive for that matter. Unless the goal is to drive folks away and stop them contributing... which is what wikis are there for (outside contributions), right?

Valeo
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  11. Sverre RabbelierAug 9, 2010
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  15. Valeo de VriesAug 9, 2010
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  20. Daniele SegatoAug 10, 2010
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  25. Felipe ContrerasAug 9, 2010
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  27. J.H.Aug 9, 2010
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  29. Sverre RabbelierAug 9, 2010
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  32. Michael J GruberAug 10, 2010
  33. Felipe ContrerasAug 10, 2010
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  37. Johannes SchindelinAug 9, 2010
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  40. John TapsellAug 10, 2010
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  44. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 9, 2010
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