Re: Your HTTPD wiki page

> That was the plan, First I wanted to create a user page
for myself so that
> there wouldn't be any confusion as to who MrApache was.
 I still would like
> to know where it says we aren't allowed to link to our
homepages on our
> userpages.   Anyway so just a couple hours after I
created my mrapache user
> page it was jumped all over and erased.  MY plan was to
just start quietly
> contributing to the wiki and never post external links
to any site ever.

Being fair to Vincent, you haven't got the best track record
in this
community. He made a mistake jumping on you so quickly, but
it's an
understandable mistake. He's apologised for it, now let's
move on.

> The point is apache is open source and open to all, and
wiki's were made so
> that many people could collaborate.  It doesn't have to
be 100% perfect the
> first time every time, thats why there are
editing/reverting/history/etc..
> features..

Apache *is* open source - but our community, and
contributions, are a
meritocracy. You do good work under supervision, and build
up trust,
before you're allowed just throw in your 2c without having
someone
else check it over first.

You lost our trust a while back - by using a WikiName that
could be
misleading, and by posting links to content we felt wasn't
great, in a
way that we couldn't alter/improve the content.

Joshua asked you to do a couple of things - http://url.ie/520
If you're really interested in collaborating, please can you
start with those?
If you've already mailed the list with a summary of the
wiki
guidelines, and confirmation that you understand and will
abide by
them, please just point us to the relevant mail in the mail
archives.
I know you've changed your userID, but your new one doesn't
actually
address the issue raised (you also neglected to let us know
in advance
what userID you were planning on using) - so it would be
helpful to
building trust and community if you could do as Joshua has
asked.

The Apache Software Foundation is built on community before
code - so
if you're not willing to work with our community, it doesn't
matter if
your technical contributions are absolutely world class, you
don't
earn merit here.

Looking forward to a positive response,
Noirin

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We do not allow anyone to use the Apache name in a way that
might
lead to confusion of consumers (i.e., directly associating
with
our project, as opposed to any of the other uses of the
Apache name).
As such, I will delete any wiki account name containing
"Apache" and
any link to an outside site that is trying to associate
itself with
our projects by using the Apache name without prior written
permission.

That fact is independent of any other discussion about
whether a
specific individual can edit our wiki.

....Roy T. Fielding  (speaking with hat of V.P., Apache HTTP
Server)

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