[crossbow-discuss] Wikipedia article: OpenSolaris Network Virtualization and Resource Co

Brian Gupta
2007-11-15T02:23:00Z

FYI, I got the following messages from Wikipedia. I am sharing it
because I find it fascinating to see the process. It is surprisingly
efficient.
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A tag has been placed on Open Solaris Network Virtualization and
Research Control, requesting that it be speedily deleted from
Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion,
because it is a redirect from an implausible typo. Also please note
that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide
references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to
expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while
for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template
{{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article''s talk
page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any
questions about this.
(Hi -- this is just a housekeeping process to remove the redirect that
was left when you renamed the article to its appropriate untypo''ed
name. I doubt that removing it will be considered
controversial...)--NapoliRoma 20:10, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

-Brian

P.S. - Don''t worry they aren''t deleting the article.

On Nov 13, 2007 6:28 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at gmail.com>
wrote:
> All I did was move it. (You need to be logged in to do it.)
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2007 5:59 PM,  <Stephanie.Brucker at sun.com> wrote:
> > Hi Brian -
> >
> > I don''t mind in the least. But I have a question for you.
Wikipedia''s
> > Help Desk says that to change the title of an article, you need to
move
> > it. And they further say, wait four days after article creation to
move
> > the article with its new (or fixed) name. So I was waiting.
> >
> > Did you do anything other than moving the article to the correct name?
> > If so, tell me so I know what to do if this happens again. If not,
well,
> > if you don''t tell Wikipedia that less than four days has
elapsed, well I
> > won''t either :).
> >
> > - Steff
> >
> >
> > Brian Gupta wrote:
> > > Stephanie,
> > >
> > > I hope you don''t mind, but I took the liberty to rename
the page. (I
> > > changed "Open Solaris" to "OpenSolaris", in
addition I changed
> > > "Research" to "Resource")
> > >
> > > New Link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSolaris_Network_Virtualization_and_Resource_Control
> > >
> > > -Brian
> > >
> > > P.S. - Please note the old link is now a redirect to the new
link.
> > >
> > > On Nov 13, 2007 2:58 PM, Stephanie Brucker <stephanie.brucker
at sun.com> wrote:
> > >> Latest update on the Wikipedia article title change.
> > >>
> > >> This is a non-trivial fix. No kidding. There is no Media Wiki
tag for the headline at the beginning of the article source text. Instead, you
create the title through one of the Wikipedia templates. To change the title,
you actually have to move the page. Not a big deal, however...you have to wait
four days after you create the page before you can move it to fix a title.
> > >>
> > >> Ugh. So sorry folks, if you want to read my article, it is
still "OpenSolaris Network Virtualization and Research Control" and
unfortunately must remain so until I come back from vacation. (When I leave for
vacation, only three days would have passed since posting the article.)
> > >>
> > >> I just hope that "Research Control" was something I
typed, not a correction by a Wikipedia editor. That has happened to people,
evidentally.
> > >>
> > >> - Steff
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> This message posted from opensolaris.org
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> crossbow-discuss mailing list
> > >> crossbow-discuss at opensolaris.org
> > >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/crossbow-discuss
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
> - Brian Gupta
>
> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
>



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- Brian Gupta