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[David Manuel Pires <slickymaster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all.


On 10 December 2013 02:31, Leigh Tate <leigh.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've just started checking the links on the B page.<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/B&lang=en>In all the lovely changes we've lost the "Back to NewDocs" link. Could we
> pretty please have it back?
>

You achieve the same purpose with the banner on the bottom of each page,
Leigh.
The link was replaced by the banner merely for consistency and aesthetic
reasons.

Anyway, here's what I found.
>
> *OUTDATED PAGES*
> BitTorrent <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BitTorrent>  (last edited
> 2008-10-12)
> Brasero  <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Brasero>  (last edited
> 2008-10-12 )
> BootFromCD <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD>  (last edited
> 2011-08-26 )
> BootFromUSB/PageDiscussion<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromUSB/PageDiscussion>(last edited 2010-09-29)
> BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite>(last edited 2011-06-15) also contains cautionary note (should be tagged,
> but I wasn't sure with which tag)
> Beginners  <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners>(last edited
> 2008-12-13)
>
> There is another question about Beginners<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners&lang=en>,
> however, it is an index.
> It has three child pages also listed on NewDocs which can be removed
> Beginners / Bash Scripting,<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/BashScripting&lang=en>
> Beginners / Guide / Terms<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Glossary&lang=en>
> Beginners Team <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam&lang=en> (which we
> may want to keep anyway)
>
> but there may be other problems with it. For example #13 Beginners /
> Guide / Terms <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Glossary&lang=en> has an
> alternate #15 Glossary.<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Glossary?highlight=%28Beginners%2F%29&lang=en>Both link to the same page.
>
> Besides the subpages of I mentioned above, there are a number of child
> pages that can be removed since we already have the parent page listed.
>
> SimpleBackupSuite<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite>(last edited 2011-06-15)
> BackupYourSystem/Tar<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR>
> Bacula <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bacula>
> Are all child pages of BackupYour System<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem>and can be removed.
>
> BinaryDriverHowto/Sis<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Sis>
> BinaryDriverHowto/ATI<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI>
> BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia>
> are all child pages of BinaryDriverHowto<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/>and can be removed.
> BinaryDriverHowto <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/>is also tagged as a duplicate but I don't know of what.
>
> TAGGED PAGES (all tagged 'content cleanup required')
> BIND9ServerHowto <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIND9ServerHowto>
> BluetootSetup <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup>
>
> And here's a candidate for one of the newly suggested tags.
> BuildnewestversionofBluefishforUbuntu <https://help.ubuntu.com/community>- last release was tested was Ubuntu 12.04.
>

Actually there haven't been a decision on the new tags yet by the
documentation team, so I don't think it is wise to used them for now.


> Unless someone thinks otherwise, I'll remove the child pages, and move the
> outdated and tagged pages to their appropriate areas in ToBeReviewed<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ToBeReviewed&lang=en>
> .
>

+1 on that.


> My two questions then are
> 1 - what do we want to do about Beginners<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners&lang=en>
> ?
>

IMO, it's a candidate for removal from NewDocs as most of the links listed
on it are one way or the other already listed in NewDocs.


> 2 - when should I do the update on the forum wiki discussion thread. The
> last I recall, Geoff has a post upcoming on Dec 15. Is that correct? When
> do you want me to post this? (I'll make adjustments to page numbers when I
> do the post).
>

Maybe in the period between Christmas and New Year. What do you think?

Cheers,
 David Pires

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/slickymaster/