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2023-06-07 15:15:00

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📅 Original date posted:2014-03-08
📝 Original message:Just an FYI: The Bitcoin wiki (https://en.bitcoin.it) is down.
Is there a communication procedure or point person for such things?
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Tom Geller * Oberlin, Ohio * 415-317-1805
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2023-06-07 15:14:35

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📅 Original date posted:2014-03-03
📝 Original message:On Mar 3, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Tom Geller wrote:
> FYI, I made my edits to the release notes of 0.9.0rc2; the pull request is at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3787. I gladly welcome corrections as needed.
It failed testing. I assume I'll get emails as others add comments; please contact me privately if it doesn't, and you're willing to help this n00b. Thanks,
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2023-06-07 15:14:35

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📅 Original date posted:2014-03-04
📝 Original message:I'm taking this private. Thanks again to all for your help getting me involved!
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On Mar 3, 2014, at 4:18 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Hey Tom,
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> Thanks for getting involved! It's great to see someone who would like to focus on docs.
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> One project I've been thinking about recently is a "Bitcoin Developer Network" subsection of our website. Right now bitcoin.org is entirely consumer focused. And as you noted, the wiki is undergoing some kind of heart attack - it's not an ideal medium for professional docs anyway.
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> So it's too hard to learn how to work with Bitcoin as a developer, and we could really benefit from professionally curated web content. We have a great web dev in the form of Saivann, who recently got some sponsorship from the Foundation to spend time on the website, so I'm hoping that if we find people to produce the content then he can with the visual design and we could create something really special.
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> If you're interested in this let me know.
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2023-06-07 15:14:34

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📅 Original date posted:2014-03-03
📝 Original message:FYI, I made my edits to the release notes of 0.9.0rc2; the pull request is at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3787. I gladly welcome corrections as needed.
First contribution! :)
Cheers,
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Tom Geller * Oberlin, Ohio * 415-317-1805
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2023-06-07 15:14:34

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📅 Original date posted:2014-03-03
📝 Original message:Thanks to everyone with advice re: editing text on github, and Mt. Gox' control of the wiki. Regarding the latter, "SerajewelKS" and "gmaxwell" in IRC/bitcoin confirmed that fixes are underway, but didn't give specifics. I'll wait.
Regarding text editing, special thanks to Wladimir for the simplest solution:
> - Go to https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.9.0/doc/release-notes.md
> - Click "edit"
> - Make your changes and add a commit message describing the change, usually something like 'doc: Add missing foowidget to release notes'.
I'll try to make time to go over the 0.9.0rc2 text soon. Cheers,
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2023-06-07 15:14:34

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2023-06-07 15:14:33

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📅 Original date posted:2014-03-02
📝 Original message:Peter Todd <pete at petertodd.org> wrote:
>> I proof-read rc1 and simply submitted my changes via pull-req:
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>> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3642
Drak responded:
> Actually, this is unnecessary since github allows editing of files directly on the site and the it will submit as a pull request. You can even update by visiting your fork (it creates this automatically and a topic branch) and make more edits and it will add to your PR. There is basically no barrier for non techy people to contribute.
Ooo, I like this. I *can* use git, but would love to be able to avoid it -- as would most non-technical contributors.
Anyway, this particular solution doesn't appear to be possible in this case, as the file isn't at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/0.9.0/doc/release-notes , and I don't believe I could copy it to the repository without going the whole git route. Suggestions welcome, here or privately.
Peter writes:
> MtGox does host the bitcoin wiki, so yes, the funds probably do go to a wallet held by MtGox in some fashion.
The foolishness of sending a payment to a Mt. Gox-held wallet -- which is required to edit the wiki -- strikes me as a pressing issue. If I understand it correctly, this is a hard blocker that'll stop *all* new contributors. Further, I registered for the wiki and never got my confirmation email. Methinks the whole thing is broken. :(
Again, please to redirect me if this is inappropriate for this list. (I'm new here.) Cheers,
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2023-06-07 15:14:33

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📅 Original date posted:2014-03-02
📝 Original message:Hey, folks. Sorry if this is documented somewhere -- if so, just point me at it. I couldn't find it, though.
I'm a (non-developer) writer with experience in open-source communities, and I'd like to contribute with writing/editing/marketing. What's the procedure? Is there someone in charge of that area?
Two examples:
1) Gavin recently asked for proofreading of 0.9.0rc2, but it was unclear how to send the changes. (There are many possibilities, some better than others. Git? Google Docs with revisioning? Microsoft Word with Track Changes? The Bitcoin wiki?)
2) The page at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitcoinPayment says that "the wiki receiving wallet (for the wiki itself) is also MtGox". Umm, I rather doubt that. :-P But I'm not sure what the current info is, or whom to alert.
Off-list replies welcome. Thanks,
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Tom Geller * Oberlin, Ohio * 415-317-1805
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2023-06-07 15:14:33

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