Segmenting the Dialup Wiki Page

[Brett Meadors]

I have to agree.  The dialup page seems very bloated, and seperating it to
make it easier on the users, instead of cramming it all into one page, would
be a good idea that would benefit the end user.

On 11/12/06, t u <towsonu2003 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> A user from the ubuntuforums.org suggested to me that we could segment
> the dial up howto wiki page into categories per modem type and / or per
> installed ubuntu version.
>
> So the main page would only have the "table of contents" links and those
> would send people to exactly the sections they need (which will be
> separate wiki web pages).
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> The wiki as it is now is very bloated, and I'm sure it is causing all
> sorts of troubles to dial up users who are trying to get dial up
> working. I know from experience that while on dial up, the page takes
> too long to load and if you want to edit it, uhm, well, ouch...
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> It is also very hard to edit in practical terms (it takes me a couple of
> minutes just to *find* the place I need to edit, especially if it's a
> minor edit like fixing a typo...).
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> What are your thoughts? I hope you'll accept the idea.
>
> Thank you very much.
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> PS. The page in question is:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto
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