[Search-l] Warning - Rant

[Wikinews Markie]

Right im afraid this is going to be a rant today.  I'm feeling in that
mood.  Firstly though i would like to say that i support this project and
want to help but theres a few things that have been brought up on this list
over the last few days and more that i don't think are on.

My first major groan is Grub.

This was announced the press and there was a press release about it all and
more media hype for the project which is fine and good and shows that the
project is moving on.  However what i do this was weird is that it was all
announced, many people went to the grub site to download it and help, except
you couldn't download it and make it work.  What makes it worse is that it
STILL doesnt work and there doesnt seem to have been much work done except
for some of the files being copied to the SWLabs server.  This is not good
as many people have now been put off as when they try to help they can't,
projects cr*p, so they go elsewhere.  Overall not good.

This leads me onto my next point.  Many people have flagged up that Wikia
seems to be wanting us to make them a profit.  Now i personally don't mind
helping out with the project - its kinda fun and exciting but if were going
to make you a profit the least you could do would be to help out somehow.
Even answering posts or FIXING GRUB is a minor thing but it all helps.  I
dont really mind if things are going on in the background and would be happy
if they were but PLEASE give us some indication that somethings going on
otherwise i (and many others) will think that nothings happening.  Jimbo in
a recent post said (something along the lines off) "I want to get the social
side set up as soon as".  Well a long time since then has passed and have we
got any further , don't think so.

Many people have also flagged up the fact that the project is built on
hope.  Yes i suppose there is a certain degree of hope at the beginning but
i personally think that this has been going on too long.  I think that Wikia
need to pull there finger out and as John McCormac put it (i think sorry if
im wrong) need to get some hard data.  This to me means fixing Grub so we
can start crawling and get this project moving.  Overall it seems to me that
its all talk and hype and no actual progress.

Think that's it for the minute and I'm sorry that its come to this but its
all been slowly growing.  If people feel the same way or feel totally
different then please comment.

Thanks and Apologies

Mark

[[User:Markie]]
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