Re: Mirroring PostgreSQL related content - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy
From | Guido Barosio |
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Subject | Re: Mirroring PostgreSQL related content |
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Msg-id | f7f6b4c70604211350j69c01759p824f5a72b563917b@mail.gmail.com Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Mirroring PostgreSQL related content ("Guido Barosio" <gbarosio@gmail.com>) |
List | pgsql-advocacy |
the attachment :$ On 4/21/06, Guido Barosio <gbarosio@gmail.com> wrote: > Elein, > > I agree and I strongly believe it was and remains the idea. (to let > the contributor inform and authorize about a certain document, keeping > the hits/credits on the contributor side). > > What about creating a form to save the authors, urls and a short > description, letting the comunity create their own entries, saving > information in a /the database and regularly cronchecking these > objects to avoid 404's ? This should be managed and authorized by > someone tho. Wondering, moderators? > > I can do that, php / perl based. (form php, cron job running a perl > script, using lwp or alike). > > g.- > > > > ---- > > Talking bout link checkers, I used the w3 web based one, which created > a good report about the situation. Anyway, what I did was to confirm > that these are broken links, and not syntax mistakes, wrong urls. That > report is attached as a .zip > > g.- > > > On 4/21/06, elein <elein@varlena.com> wrote: > > Speaking for my site, www.varlena.com/GeneralBits, only, > > I prefer to have a prominent (not deep) link on postgresql. > > I do not want my content mirrored by I want the link to be useful. > > > > Although I have been slacking in writing new articles, there is a > > 3 year repository of articles on my site. The point of these > > articles was to help postgres users--it is my return to the community. > > As it stands, most people get to my articles through google and > > not the postgresql.org web site. > > > > This is just one point of view from a heavy content provider of > > postgresql articles. People who have a few articles may well > > want them to be hosted on postgresql.org. > > > > In the past we have been lax about organizing and maintaining > > individual informational articles. Techdocs (ack!) It may be possible > > to push this over onto planetpostgres as long as we give ample > > visibility to its link. And people know where to post articles or > > links to them. > > > > --elein > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:55:10PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > > > After seeing reports of some very interesting sounding articles that > > > were hosted elsewhere are now 404... > > > > > > Do we make any efforts to mirror the content of PostgreSQL related > > > stories or articles? Presumably this would require contacting authors > > > for permission, but perhaps we can find some enthusiastic newbies to do > > > that... > > > -- > > > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com > > > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > > > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > > > > > -- > Guido Barosio > ----------------------- > http://www.globant.com > guido.barosio@globant.com > -- Guido Barosio ----------------------- http://www.globant.com guido.barosio@globant.com
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