Recent modifications on a wiki page

[Andrea Lazzarotto]

Hi there,

2015-10-24 15:28 GMT+02:00 Christopher M. Penalver <
christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>:

> Andrea, as is noted in my wiki comments, if there is a way to find
> the appropriate BIOS without Windows, it would make the most sense to
> put it in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate
>

I don't insist in wanting to put the material in a specific page, I insist
on the fact that randomly wiping other people's material after making a
couple of edits to make it less clear is not the way to handle such
situations.


> as it already has a defined documentation scope (given I started it as
> a sub'ish-article of BIOSUpdate). :D
>

Technically speaking, the fact that you started that page does not entitle
you to any exclusivity to edit the page and I hope we all agree on this.


> However, from my read of your edit, you couldn't get the URL serial number
> without Windows (making it useless for folks who are using Ubuntu
>

I think there is a misunderstanding here. The platform ID can be seen in
the BIOS and also on the wiki page. It's also possible to read it from DMI
values or somewhere, see the Python tools previously linked. If you are
referring to the part number, it is always "AAAA" as confirmed also by the
Python tools linked above, that perform the same task I described in the
wiki.

Sure someone had to use Windows to discover this, but after it was done
once we know the code and we can use it.

they would be better off just checking for the update with the Samsung
> utility at that point).
>

The whole point of what I wrote is to allow other people to check the
latest version number without Windows.

By the way, I am not subscribed to this list. So in the future, please try
> to work it out with folks directly
>

I wrote in the ML because I was advised to do so in the IRC channel, after
failing to communicate with you via email. The ML is the correct place to
discuss contributions to the wiki with the other members of the Ubuntu Doc
Community.


> If after multiple attempts, one cannot come to an amicable resolution, one
> would want to request of them to bring this out in a public forum first
>

This is not some kind of secret society, we are here simply to provide the
best documentation possible for the Ubuntu community. Of course I don't
need someone else's permission to discuss a contribution in the relevant
ML. O.O

Best regards

-- 
Andrea Lazzarotto
http://andrealazzarotto.com
http://lazza.dk
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