[cups.bugs] Howto Article #507

[Till Kamppeter]

Franz, Kurt, what about putting up a HOWTO collection on OpenPrinting? 
The OpenPrinting web site is a Wiki which everyone can edit after a 
simple registration (and it has also a forum which works with the same 
registration). You can easily add pages to it, like HOWTOs or other 
articles concerning printing with Unix-style operating systems.

I will not delete any article, if it does not fit, I edit, move, or 
relink it. Also everyone else is allowed to edit it and to contribute 
(for example corrections, differences for other printer models, ...). If 
someone breaks your article, the Wiki tracks all the editing history and 
everyone can return it to the last healthy version. By adding HOWTOs you 
will make OpenPrinting a kind of Wikipedia for printing with Unix-like OS.

Please tell me if you have special needs, like linking your article from 
an printer or driver entry in the OpenPrinting database, adding a PPD 
file or a driver to the database, attaching a file of a type which is 
not yet allowed, modifying the main menu, making an announcement, ...

Content policy is simple: It should help users to get printing work as 
they wish.

    Till

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Michael Sweet wrote:
>> Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>>> Michael R Sweet wrote:
>>>> Franz Pfoertsch wrote:
>>>>> Yesterday I wrote a howto about printing into Canon iR mailboxes.
>>>>>
>>>>> But today it is lost!
>>>>>
>>>>> I there a bug in the database of the webpage or is the article deleted?
>>>> I deleted it because the content isn't appropriate for a how-to
>>>> article.  Complete PPD files, etc. are more appropriate and can be
>>>> submitted to the Printer Driver page instead...
>>>
>>> Huh?
>>>
>>> Why is a "howto about printing into Canon iR mailboxes" inappropriate?
>>> Do you have some kind of policy statement about what is appropriate and
>>> what is not?
>> We want (and have maintained) cups.org to be a source of general
>> CUPS printing and developer information, as well as providing a
>> resource for CUPS-compatible PPD files.
>>
>> Writing an article on how to add PJL options for a specific set of
>> PPD files is all well and good, but since Franz didn't provide the
>> full PPDs or an explanation of what he was adding or how it worked,
>> it really wasn't useful for someone that would want to do the same
>> thing for their printers...
> 
> 
> I can see your points.
> 
> But at the same time, these shortcomings could have been overcome by
> working with Franz to improve his initial document (not necessarily
> involving too much of your own time). Immediate deletion isn't the most
> elegant action. Maybe "unpublish" a submission, and ask an auther for
> specific improvements by a certain deadline, and finally delete it only
> if no improvement is happening is a better alternative?
> 
> Do you have an option to revive Franz's initial text? As far as I under-
> stand, he has lost his work, since he submitted it in the online webform
> without thinking of a private backup.
> 
> In general, I think the topic is interesting enough for other people
> too, and I'd volunteer some of my own time to make his document and
> explanations useful for more people, and applicable for a more general
> case.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt
>