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[Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Op 29-06-12 09:41, Piskie schreef:
> On 29/06/12 08:07, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote:
> > As we are struggling with outdated tutorials I have a suggestion: can 
> > we ask authors of tutorials to start with the date or is there a way 
> > of inserting the date automatically?
> >
> > The following quote from one of the posts illustrates what I mean:
> > quote
> > I have to say thanks for the detail you have given in the how to - it 
> > also recognizes that there is a time aspect to most 'HowTos' - what 
> > worked when the author wrote it almost certainly doesn't by the time 
> > I come to read it. And these HowTos are never updated (and never 
> > initially dated either!).
> > unquote
> >
> > It would also make sense to add the date of the latest update.
> > What do you guys think?
> > Hannie
> People are not able to do that to existing threads - editing has been 
> removed after a week.
>
> As far as 'new' tutorials is concerned - there will come a time when 
> new tutorials will simply not be moderated by staff for them to appear.
I need some more information on this. When do you call a tutorial 'new'? 
Most of the tutorials are labeled 'old' (when you hover over the posting 
date). The post may be labeled 'old', but that does not mean the 
information is outdated. Some of them only need a bit of updating to be 
usable for the latest version of Ubuntu. In my view, transferring this 
kind of tutorial is useful because anyone can update the wiki version, 
whilst updating the forums version can only be done by the author.
Hannie
> I'm not sure we need to worry too much about it.
>
> Threads are dated - when they are originally posted there is a post date.
>
> Hope that makes sense.
>
> Kev