Wikipedia

Bri

That feature list was probably tailored to forums from the 90s... Calendar?

Heeyyyyy, I plan on using @pitaj 's calendar when I get my forum converted.

lenovouser

Does someone still have the old copy of the wikipedia:NodeBB article? Because when you click on the link you get the message that this article has existed before and got deleted due to:

No explanation of significance (real person/animal/organization/web content/organized event)

I'd like to take a look at it, rewrite it a bit and then post it with the message that NodeBB is in the forum list now too.

PitaJ

@BDHarrington7 You mean that one that is buggy, outdated, and unfinished? I'd better get to work on it then.

Bri

That's the one!

rbeer

NodeBB isn't threaded though, is it? Did I miss that option?

PitaJ

@rbeer NodeBB can run in a cluster, so yes.

julian

Or if you're referring to threaded topics.... it can be done...

TiaZzz

Glad you got nodeBB included in the list - congrats!

As someone that recently went through that list in search of a modern forum, I suggest submitting either changes or additions to the rather stale list of features. APIs, messaging/chats, admin control through the browser are features I think are more important today than aforementioned calendar.

The wiki article reflects the stale nature of traditional forums. Best way to combat it (and spread the good word of nodeBB) is to propose changes to the article.

julian

You have to propose changes now? Back in my day, you could just make whatever changes you wanted without asking for permission, dagnabbit

Robert

@julian the Dutch wikipedia still have some pages unlocked where you can just edit whenever you want it seems. Besides that I find WikiMedia totally confusing and don't dare to touch it

psychobunny

Well, looks like we got deleted again: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software&action=history

I guess it's because NodeBB isn't forum software - it's much more awesome than that.

julian

Perhaps someone should direct this person here, so we can show them NodeBB

lenovouser

@psychobunny, yeah. Just undo his deletions all the time. It is >4 against 1 He is a phpBB fan, I looked at his contributions. I hate Wikipedia for the possibility that people can delete something just because they don't like it

TiaZzz

If it's fanboyism he has a strange way of doing it, given all the other forums on that page. I bet he's just ignorant.

lenovouser

What makes me really angry is this:

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2011)

I added citations to everything for NodeBB!

NONE of the other forum entries have this! Not one of them! -.-

He is such a di**

And he is German too -.- I hate my country. Most toxic players. Most toxic cheaters in game. Most toxic Wikipedia contributors ^^

Robert

@ApfelUser Isn't there a possibility that we can bring this to the light of a Wikipedia administrator? I'll have a look around, see how we can report him.

TiaZzz

Perhaps wait and see if he tries to remove it again? Right now the article is ok.

Robert

@TiaZzz The thing is. It seems like he did it before, with another open source forum called ModernBB. (Now named Luna)

Edit: right here

julian

Yeah I'd probably appeal to an admin. Editors on Wikipedia tend to let power get to their head

lenovouser

He wants the article first. So again:

Does someone still have the old copy of the wikipedia:NodeBB article? Because when you click on the link you get the message that this article has existed before and got deleted due to:

No explanation of significance (real person/animal/organization/web content/organized event)

I'd like to take a look at it, rewrite it a bit and then post it with the message that NodeBB is in the forum list now too.