Re: Vim Weekly

On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:33:37 AM UTC-5, JohnBeckett wrote:
> I'm adding a little to what Ben wrote.
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> It is a shame about adverts at vim.wikia.com (although I never
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> see them), but as Ben noted, the ads pay for a good server and a
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> fast internet connection, and support. Also, there is a
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> practically guaranteed continuity to the site because even if
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> Ben and I were hit by the same bus, the site would still exist
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> and others could take over. It's very unlikely that there will
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> ever be a problem of someone failing to renew the domain name,
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> or that the tips might be lost due to a server glitch.
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> It would be better if everyone concentrated on one site IMHO,
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> but people have given good reasons why they prefer something
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> else.
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> John

Once again thanks to John and Fitz for all the wonderful work that you have done to keep the wiki alive for us. I think it is important that we are having this conversation at it is bringing up a lot of questions that I initially did not think about.

JohnBeckett:
"
It is a shame about adverts at vim.wikia.com (although I never
see them), but as Ben noted, the ads pay for a good server and a
fast internet connection, and support. Also, there is a
practically guaranteed continuity to the site because even if
Ben and I were hit by the same bus, the site would still exist
and others could take over. It's very unlikely that there will
ever be a problem of someone failing to renew the domain name,
or that the tips might be lost due to a server glitch"

This is a good point point but this not mean that we should turn a blind eye on the fact that it is littered with lots of ads. With my current status, I feel comfortable that I can secure a domain for the next 10 years - In the interim it would be great if we have a dedicated resource who would be looking into the future of how we can privately own our content and site. I understand that we all have jobs and families but we do this because we like it! How are other projects able to maintain a private hosts? Will the main python site stop if Guido gets hit by a bus? - These are some of the things we need to look at.


> It would be better if everyone concentrated on one site IMHO,
> but people have given good reasons why they prefer something
> else.
Great point John, it is important that we have one and only one account that everything goes through. Marc could you please respond to my last response to your message?

Tawheed

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