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No personal attacks

Misplaced Pages has a very strict no personal attacks policy. Please keep this in mind when leaving comments in the discussion. Thanks. Roguegeek (talk) 05:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Stop the edit warring

Please take your disputes to dispute resolution instead of edit-warring and sniping at each other. Thank you. Guy 12:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Merge of "PanoTools Group" article

Here we go again I guess. So I think the information about the PanoTools community in the PanoTools Group article may be important. There's, however, too little information for it to have a stand alone article and since the community is created around the software, I suggest we add this info to the Panorama Tools (software) article under a section called "community" or "group" or whatever. Even if there was a fair amount of info to not classify that article as a stub WP:STUB, it's important to have it consolidated here. I have added the merge tag to both articles. Thoughts? Roguegeek (talk) 21:40, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I think these articles should be merge for the same reasons. There is no real information in the PanoTools Group article. --Wuz 00:36, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Agree. In fact, admins have already commented on this before (User talk:John Spikowski#Time to stop). They also feel like this subject doesn't deserve a standalone article and should be merged here. I'm with the mindset of keeping every article as consolidated as possible until it simply gets too big. Right now everything on Misplaced Pages dealing with PanoTools is pretty tiny. I say merge it. Roguegeek (talk) 02:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

External link decisions

I have archived the past conversations because they were getting long, repeatative, and very much off-topic. If you want past conversations, please feel free to check the archive. Going forward, let's keep the format of the discussion clean and on-topics. Thanx. Roguegeek (talk) 00:42, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to talk about those things in a different forum. Here, we want to only talk about why a link should or should not be here based on Misplaced Pages guidelines only. Don't need to know the history of why one site is better than the other or argue about off-topic things here. The history doesn't matter. It's the content available right now that does. Simply put, is a link being discussed here a valid external resource as defined by Misplaced Pages.

Try to keep messages in their related conversations also. Don't make a new one just to reply to another one. Roguegeek (talk) 00:03, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

If there is a link I have forgotten to include, go ahead and post it. Keep it organized please. Thanx! Roguegeek (talk) 00:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

www.panotools.org

Alright, it's obvious this site is up-to-date. The front page news section of it is updated regularly so that one has my vote to be included. Roguegeek (talk) 00:13, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

(+) second that --Wuz 00:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

wiki.panotools.org

Wikis and forums follow different guidelines. They are user driven sites and require participation of those uses to be considered notable and valuable. This specific wiki has a large amount of users who seem to contribute regularly. It seems to me a majority of the PanoTools community use this. I would consider this a notable site to add to this article. Roguegeek (talk) 00:13, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

(+) second that --Wuz 00:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

www.panotools.info

The front page on this looks good. Looks like there are constant updates to news about the PanoTools technology and related softwares. This also has my vote to place in the external links of this article. Roguegeek (talk) 00:18, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

(+) second that --Wuz 00:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

wiki.panotools.info

Again, wikis follow different guidelines as I stated above. There is a good amount of content on here, but I kinda didn't find anything on this wiki that wasn't on the .org wiki. On top of this, there are literally 2 registered users meaning the chance of notable expansion of this site in the future isn't guarantied. We remove forum links on Misplaced Pages all the time because they only have a couple of users. I think this link falls under the same type of case and, therefore, I don't think it should be included in this article. Obviously, if that changes in the future and the wiki expands with more content and more users, it should be included. For now, let's leave it off. Roguegeek (talk) 00:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, don't include for now. It's only a rarely updated copy. No new original content --Wuz 00:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Just to be clear, this wiki can be included when more user participation is there. Lots of good content on it. I might even be ok with it going up right now as long as it's not put in the external links as a wiki and instead just as a good reference. Thoughts? Roguegeek (talk) 00:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I think its just confusing. It is in the same state now for 16 weeks and there is only outdated content from the current wiki. It is not possible to add a user account and the content would get overwritten if there are changes in the source. I vote for only include the source not the copy. If there is some day enough original content it can be included, no problem with that --Wuz 01:02, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

As a standalone reference, I think it's fine. I mean I wish some of the source WP:RS being used to cite facts in other articles I watched were as new as 16 weeks, ya know? It's not like there's a ton of references out there on this subject as comprehensive as wiki.panotools.info (granted .org has way more). What is wrong with having another source as long as it's not claimed an active wiki (which it isn't)? Roguegeek (talk) 01:08, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, if he really improves the page. --Wuz 01:55, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/

Current mailing list of PanoTools, >900 members, >2700 messages in the last 10 weeks. This currently is the only way to get in contact with the PanoTools group members. My vote is to include this link. --Wuz 00:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Agree. Roguegeek (talk) 00:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Continued

If you want to continue discussing this then quit your selective editing and add your content to the end of the thread. This dispute is with the NG managemnet and I don't understand why Roguegeek is even involved. Your biased help isn't needed or required. John Spikowski 01:06, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Exactly why it shouldn't be here. It's an outside dispute. Everyone, please don't add to these conversations. It's simply not allowed to be here. John, if you insist on keeping these outside disputes brought here, I will have to report this, yet again. I really don't want to have to do that. Do the right thing and stay away from these types of discussions. Roguegeek (talk) 01:11, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

John, we discuss this now for years. This is Misplaced Pages and definitly not the right place. Look in your archives. There was enough discussion already about this issues hint. --Wuz 01:31, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The issue of the links have been resolved and I hope Thomas doesn't go NG link crazy again. I don't want to start this all over again. Are far as I'm concerned this topic is closed. If you want to archive this then remove all the text you archive and not only remove my comments. Try being fair for a change. John Spikowski 01:21, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The link to www.panotools.org is still missing and the issue with your PanoTools_Group article is still not solved --Wuz 01:31, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The PanoTools wiki was created on www.panotools.info and was never used as a front end to a website like the NG's forked copy. The reason the old 100 or so users were removed because Thomas and other were acting like children and trashed it with their old login ID's. (another example of Thomas's bitter personality) I have been spending my time with the mailing list archives and just now updating the wiki with current content. There wasn't any effort put into the wiki for easier navigation. This project is the next task on the list. The PanoTools wiki is very well indexed in the search engine and is 1/2 the traffic of the PanoTools site. If you want the NG link back in the portal section then I'm adding the PanoTools wiki and mailing list links back in. John Spikowski 01:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Again, how does your 435 indexed Google pages relate to Misplaced Pages? How does the history relate to Misplaced Pages? --Wuz 01:53, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

That's 71,000 indexes which 98% are the wiki. The NG wiki index numbers aren't even worth mentioning. <500 John Spikowski 01:59, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

And whats the point for Misplaced Pages? Maybe you should file this (again) at Google. This is OT here. It would help if you contribute to the topics above. --Wuz 03:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The NG group is a mailing list and a forked wiki project. Knock yourself out if you want to try and replicate the PanoTools site. All that I ask is you don't overwhelm the Misplaced Pages with NG links rather then spending your time attracting visitors on merit. The NG group has either stole or tried to copy everything the PanoTools group has done. Be original for a change. The NG group did not replace the PanoTools group. Your not doing the PanoTools members any favors by taking shortcuts. I haven't decided yet if you don't have the skill level to come up with something presentable or you just don't have enough pride in your work to care. I done with this thread. Change the links again and I will respond with the needed corrections. John Spikowski 05:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

John, don't play the victim. Everybody can see why it doesn't makes sense to talk to you. Do you really think that >900 people are all that stupid? Your personal attacks show me that you run out of real arguments. It would help much more if you contribute to the link discussion. Do you like to add forum.panotools.info or your bugtracker? These are unique features of your site! Bring some arguments. --Wuz 11:30, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Thomas,

I'm using Google Analytics (Urchin) to track what features of the site are being requested. I put my efforts into those areas that are popular. The bug tracker, product release and announcement forum features where taken off the menu due to lack of interest. I have found over the years that it is almost impossible to get anyone to help in an administrative way and your on your own. If you wait for approval or recommendations it would be years before anything would get done. This really is a classic 'little red hen' story but that is just the way it is. I have tried to work with the NG group management but after getting burned over an over again I gave up. Let's leave the links as they are. I really think the wiki needs to be hosted on the this server. This is where it's been for the longest period of time and is the version that is in the search engines. The PanoTools site is attracting many new members so the loss of the old group isn't as devastating as it once was. Thanks to all the work I put in the search engines it is now paying off. I have had the cleaned up archives submitted with Google for over a month now and hope they finish with indexing soon. The old PTML archives were restored so the current indexes wouldn't 404 when someone clicked on a search result link for the list. Google approved the deletion of the PTML list posts from their indexes and I'm just waiting for the next 'Google Dance' to happen so the new PanoTools archives are used. John Spikowski 18:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Please John, look at the URL field. This is not a SEO site. It is not Google. Its not a link farm. This is Misplaced Pages! You say the only reason why you need this links in the article and PanoTools_Group are for Google to make money with the PanoToolsNG mailinglist? We are not talking about your copyright violations here. This is not a court but some answers about these articles would help. So PanoTools_Group can be deleted? Ok? --Wuz 19:47, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The AdSense Ad's have generate $19.68 over the last month. How many times do you have to be told that making money off the PanoTools site is impossible. If I treated this project as if it were a client of mine, There would be a bill for over $20,000 for my time and out of pocket costs. Like I said, leave the links as they are. Right now there are four NG links to one PanoTools link on this page. If you add links I will even the count. Your choice. We are going nowhere with this and since you refuse to answer any of my e-mails, I don't want to waste the disk space on Misplaced Pages continuing this thread. Good luck with the NG site. The members will decide which resource works best for them. John Spikowski 20:01, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

So PanoTools_Group can be deleted?

NO - Leave it alone, I'm going to do a history of the PanoTools group with that page. Feel free to create a PanoToolsNG Group page and edit it all you want. I will not touch that page and hope you will do the same with the PanoTools Group page.

Thomas,

Based on the long delays and spotty uptime, are you trying to run the NG site off a DSL conection from your PC to a managed DNS site? I can almost warm up my coffee and return to my desk before pages load. What's up with that?

John Spikowski 21:11, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The 'PanoTools Group' page has been discussed fully and I already told you what the plan is for it. You can ignore me all you want but the fact is I manage the PanoTools group whether you like it or not. I made this commitment in April of 2003 and will continue this role till others step up and offer to help with the group administrative tasks.

PLEASE stop chnaging the page every five minutes ! John Spikowski 23:58, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I have no problem if you call yourself "PanoTools Group" or what so ever. You didn't discuss it, you ruled it! I see no reason for a 5 line article. That's all. --Wuz 00:05, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

The 'PanoTools Group' page was just added. Give me time to finish my work. Unlike you, I don't just slap something up on a site and call it done. Go have a donut and relax for awhile. You will have plenty of time to redo what I post. BTW: You're about to break the 3RR rule if you continue with all these snap revisions. John Spikowski 00:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Stop this outside argument immediately! I'm very tired of it. Misplaced Pages as an encyclopedia does not care and neither do I. It's actually quite simple. Things going on Misplaced Pages must keep a neutral point of view WP:NPOV and have reliable sources to back them up WP:RS. External links as sources need to be notable and user driven external links (forums, wikis, etc..) must have a notable amount of users. Done. Roguegeek (talk) 20:38, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

PanoTools.info mailarchive

FYI - The PanoTools archives have been purged of OT/Admin content as a prepartion step for the worlds search engines. John Spikowski 00:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

John, you know that you remove all footers and headers (against the Yahoo T&C), remove the original author, make the messages look like they come from your site (also against Yahoo's T&C) and you add comments to post, remove messages that you don't like or remove lines you don't agree to. For me this is "altering" and seriously breaking copyright laws like here, here and here just to pick 3. --Wuz 00:46, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Thomas, If you would like to talk about breaking Yahoo Group policy then we need to start at the theft of the PanoTools mailing list and using it to start your group. The wiki was also stolen in the process. I really don't think this is the place to air your groups misdeeds. I have sent you many e-mails to try to work out these issues but your only response has been here on the Misplaced Pages. I really think you should stop this before your ban from using the resources. John Spikowski 20:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)