The POV-Ray wiki (http://wiki.povray.org/) is redirecting to a page
saying "POV-Wiki is down until further notice". Can we have some details on
what happened to it?

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"Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> The POV-Ray wiki (http://wiki.povray.org/) is redirecting to a page
> saying "POV-Wiki is down until further notice". Can we have some details 
> on
> what happened to it?

I believe Chris found a spam page and he decided to take it offline for a 
while, as there was no new real POV contributions being added .... just 
someone going on about "WarHammmer" and of course the spam page. I'm working 
of converting the users manual from html to mediawiki markup and will need 
that to be online eventually. Right now I'm happy with the "Sandbox" wiki I 
have running on my test machine, but that dosen't do you any good does it? 
I don't recall any mention of when it will be back online.

Jim

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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> and he decided to take it offline for a 
> while, as there was no new real POV contributions being added .... 

Why do I feel personally responsible for this? I had two tutorials I 
(publicly) planned on putting up... whenever I figured out how to add my 
own pages. Not that two tutorials would have amounted to much, but just 
look at what happened in p.b.i. the other day. One person commented on 
the lack of images, then this other person posted a couple, and then it 
was a minor flood of images after that. The same could happen to a 
wiki... maybe.

Sam

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"Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
> news:4932018b@news.povray.org...
> > The POV-Ray wiki (http://wiki.povray.org/) is redirecting to a page
> > saying "POV-Wiki is down until further notice". Can we have some details
> > on
> > what happened to it?
>
> I believe Chris found a spam page and he decided to take it offline for a
> while, as there was no new real POV contributions being added .... just
> someone going on about "WarHammmer" and of course the spam page. I'm working
> of converting the users manual from html to mediawiki markup and will need
> that to be online eventually. Right now I'm happy with the "Sandbox" wiki I
> have running on my test machine, but that dosen't do you any good does it?
> I don't recall any mention of when it will be back online.
>
> Jim



That's a shame.  I was working on an article, but ran into a time crunch due to
classes.  I hope the articles were preserved...?

-Reactor

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stbenge <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> look at what happened in p.b.i. the other day. One person commented on
> the lack of images, then this other person posted a couple, and then it
> was a minor flood of images after that. The same could happen to a
> wiki... maybe.

Yes, we feel an urge whenever someone challenges us. :)

That's what lacking in the povray comunity:  contests.  The days of IRTC are
over, but nothing prevents some contests among p.b.i regulars... :P

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"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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>
> That's what lacking in the povray comunity:  contests.  The days of IRTC 
> are
> over, but nothing prevents some contests among p.b.i regulars... :P
>

Come to the TC-RTC Challenge, my friend  :-)

Thomas

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"Reactor" <rea### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
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> I hope the articles were preserved...?

I'm pretty sure but not 100%  that any content that was already there will 
be preserved. I don't think that there is a total rebuild of the wiki on 
taps. Chris would be making the call on that.

Jim
PS: I didn't mean to slight any contributors by saying there was no new 
content being added. Apologies if I did.

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"stbenge" <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Why do I feel personally responsible for this? I had two tutorials I 
> (publicly) planned on putting up... whenever I figured out how to add my 
> own pages. Not that two tutorials would have amounted to much, but just 
> look at what happened in p.b.i. the other day. One person commented on the 
> lack of images, then this other person posted a couple, and then it was a 
> minor flood of images after that. The same could happen to a wiki... 
> maybe.

ah .... you shouldn't. I noticed the lack of posts in p.b.i as well and 
brushed it off as folks being busy. This probably goes for Chris as well. 
Like I mentioned I've been working on a doc project, and when ever I've had 
a question he's usually been right back the next day with an answer .... 
that interval has increased. Mind you I'm NOT complaining .... just trying 
to make a point that most folks have alot of irons in the fire.

Jim

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Thomas de Groot escreveu:
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> schreef in bericht 
> news:web.49330596b9967b05aad819490@news.povray.org...
>> That's what lacking in the povray comunity:  contests.  The days of IRTC 
>> are
>> over, but nothing prevents some contests among p.b.i regulars... :P
>>
> 
> Come to the TC-RTC Challenge, my friend  :-)

It's still going on?  I never heard of it anymore...

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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:19:17 -0200, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>Thomas de Groot escreveu:
>> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> schreef in bericht 
>> news:web.49330596b9967b05aad819490@news.povray.org...
>>> That's what lacking in the povray comunity:  contests.  The days of IRTC 
>>> are
>>> over, but nothing prevents some contests among p.b.i regulars... :P
>>>
>> 
>> Come to the TC-RTC Challenge, my friend  :-)
>
>It's still going on?  I never heard of it anymore...

No it is a new one. Tina Chep (This Is Not A Chequered Plain)

http://www.tc-rtc.co.uk/
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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