Wikipedia
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Isn't that like most things in life?
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as @julian said, the old NodeBB article up again. We would really appreciate you guys helping in expanding the article. Small contributions help too! It is so that the wikipedia editor's see that the page is active & maintained. We don't want it to be deleted right away again
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Jeez. Wiki editors are weird. You would think some information was better than no information but nooo. Got to regulate! Not to mention that the comparison article says nothing about having the main article first.
Let's hope the articles get to stay this time.
Edit: Spoke too soon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/NodeBB
God damn it. How does one reply to this internet hotshot? I've stayed out of wiki wars for years but since this could have helped me greatly a few months ago as I went over that exact list.
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Nominated for deletion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/NodeBB
Please chime in and defend here!
Please refrain from ad hominem attacks against YannickFran. Cohesive, sane arguments will win this for us.
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Just to get on a lighter topic, should we not be focusing on spreading NodeBB to other sites as well... Maby with some less insane users
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Always up for that. After the article was initially deleted in 2013, I thought "oh well, it's just Wikipedia". Not really worth the stress of defending our notability as there are lots of sites promoting us anyhow
We're top of the list here! I like that a lot
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Thanks guys for helping
I made some changes from the original 2013 article (which to be fair, had a whole bunch of "marketing" talk). It's now pretty neutral I would think.If it gets deleted then well I don't know anymore haha I give up and I will post a new topic 2 years from now and try again. In the meantime, feel free to use KeyboardBB or whatever else that has a calendar plugin
Also, just echoing @julianlam, please don't antagonize anybody
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@pitaj no offense to your calendar plugin haha, it just seemed weird that it would be one of the most important criteria for forum software
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Please add another comment to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/NodeBB including
'''Keeping''' or '''Keep'''This is necessary according to Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion
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Battle rages on. I've mostly given up trying to make a case for nodeBB as someone points out arbitrary rules or guidelines that fit their PoV and few of the participants fathom how modern software evolves. Perhaps they are right and nodeBB should get more coverage before it can get an article, but I'm going to suggest deletion of that horrid comparison article either way. I never look up software on WP, but the stuff that's there should be less misleading.
I started making an argument for nodeBB based on the various rules and guidelines but after reading the fifth wall of text I simply gave up. As the WP user 69.204.153.39 points out, the guidelines and whatnot are fairly bad. The others do have a point in that this is not the place to discuss changing the rules.
I can't help feeling that this is a catch 22. There are really no major blogs or sites dedicated to forums and the likes to use as a source. I searched for just that a month ago. Forums are probably regarded as outdated in the modern web but there are a lot of them out there. It seems strange that everything web is being modernised, but for forums people are happy to go with good'ol LAMP. phpBB3 is fairly new but it looks and feels like something ten years old.
Ah, well. Fun while it lasted. I hope you guys can get som good coverage and keep on fighting for the good cause. It's worth it.
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@TiaZzz Ugh, I really don't understand this literal contest of shit throwing here. I found it a good article, its a bit bare-bones but that can be changed. Wikipedia has these awful standards, if someone disagrees with the topic be prepared for a month long discussion between 2 groups. (Yey :|)
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Christ Wikipedia is serious business.
Could we not prove media coverage. There's an interview with some chap floating about the net that Julian did.
Nodebb has been mentioned in news articles dozens of times.
Include a few high end companies/users that use nodebb. If that's allowed to show off different themes or whatever. Content be King. Add sources.
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Shitshow; insular community championing moded policies in a rhetorical style of self-defense that borders upon sad.
the first forum software written in node.js is not notable? I am guessing that node is the N-word mentioned.I gave them five bucks once...
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@Kowlin said:
@Nicolas There also traces from a forum software named Luna on his talk page, no response on that. Fun stuff facedesk
This whole situation smells of trying to silence competition through desperation. im not going to pass judgment on Luna without trying it, but having firmly moved away from php. I can't see that happening. The php forum market has been over saturated since 2004.
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This Yannick guy seems to be deliberately excluding NodeBB.
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@lulzdev Yeah, but "notable" is a tar pit in itself. The rigorous rules state something like "used in education, mentioned in books" and so forth. I was also thinking a claim like this could be made, but it's probably the rules that are stagnant and then the spergs wanting the article deleted are technically right.
In the big picture nodeBB doesn't need an article. Lots of software doesn't have it. It's probably easier to make changes to the comparison article (like suggest deletion) where this all started. It's a hell of a lot easier than argue that WPs rules should be changed.
