Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:36:37 -0500
Reply-To: Owen <olists@THEBRANDS.ORG>
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From: Owen <olists@THEBRANDS.ORG>
Subject: Archive FAQ compilation (was Matthew's website offline)
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This raises, yet again, a concern many have expressed on the list. What can
we do as a group to preserve this information? I would propose that we
submit some mirror sites where information and websites can at least be
backed up until the documentation project grows legs of it's own. I know
many of us have hosts (servers) we control that can provide the space for
mirroring data.
The archives are a great source of information. Individual websites are
another tremendous source of information. When I go to tripod or aol etc
hosted website I always fear that the information may go away. To the
hosting company it is as simple as cleaning up old accounts where the
original author has lost interest. For those of us just coming into the
wonderful? world of vanagons the information these websites contain is
invaluable.
Ideally the solution would be a published archive where individuals can
submit write-ups etc for reference by others. A nice example of the archive
idea is the faq's at http://www.swedishbricks.net/contents.html . I would be
happy to contribute construction, host space for mirrors, etc to the archive
publishing effort. There are nice open source tools to support this. See
some of the post nuke (free open source content management system) websites
for an example of what vanagon.com can be extended to. Xoops is another very
nice open source tool. A knowledge base. The vanagon.com site is good. I am
certainly not bashing it. I am concerned that the information becomes stale.
We ask enough of Tom to maintain this list and the site as it is now.
I know this is a continuation of the archive thread started a month or so
ago. When I saw bulley's site was offline it stirred me to action. That was
a nice write-up on fighting rust. I had planned to return to his site for
sound proofing if/when I am ever through sorting out engines.
Some excellent resources (folks) come along on this list and contribute
greatly. Some, like Stan Wilder, sell their vanagon and pursue other
interests. It would be nice to capture some of the knowledge they contribute
so that future vanagon enthusiasts can benefit from their knowledge.
Something easier weeded through than the archives.
Owen Brand
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aristotle Sagan" <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: Heat, Rust & Rust in VWs?
> I suspect Mathew has more to worry about today than this website. I
suspect
> that someone try and get ahold of him next week when the dust (or rain)
has
> settled.
>
> tim
>
>
> >From: Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >Reply-To: Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Heat, Rust & Rust in VWs?
> >Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:05:41 -0400
> >
>
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