Hi, I think Is possible to create the Mageia page in wikipedia again, but if it is like before, it will be deleted again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review I saw the page Mageia (en) which was deleted in googlecach (some days ago) and I saved it on my computer and it helps give an idea of how to modify and improve to prevent it is not deleted again. I make available a copy of it through a link from the dropbox: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1220932/mg/wikipedia/Mageia-EN-wikipedia.html To avoid being eliminated again, I think it is necessary to meet the criteria of wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#Notability_requires_verifiable_evidence There are many other pages of the worst linux distro that's Mageia, but I believe that in this case, maybe have occurred was a junction of two events the one hand, the accuracy of deletionists of wikipedia, but on the other, may be need to a better editing of mageia page of wikipedia, and to include all these verifiable evidences, these independent and verifiable sources, that the Mageia already have. Perhaps the drastic attitude, of deletionists of wikipedia can result in something good: to make the community edit a great Mageia page on wikipedia - with more important information for people to better understand the mageia Maybe we need to add a lot of sources that we know are available on the Internet. Maybe, for people to know the differences, to be published a table comparing the technical aspects of Mandriva and Magea Mandriva 2010.1 KDE, Gnome etc - RPM - MCC - systemd - Dracut? Mageia 1 KDE, Gnome etc - RPM - MCC - sysvinit - initrd? Mageia 2 KDE, Gnome etc - RPM - MCC - systemd - Dracut? Mandriva 2011 KDE - RPM v5* - MCC - systemd - Dracut? (* I think this information is important, because I imagine that this system RPM v5 makes the repositories of Mageia incompatible with the repository of Mandriva 2011 and the Rosa. (see: https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=495&start=25#p9180 ) Any person registered can create the page again, but someone has to help edit it to get better, to prevent it is not deleted again. Below is a suggested text, with some reference. (excuse me for my mistakes in english) Cheers Macxi ******************************************* MAGEIA PAGE IN WIKIPEDIA: Mageia'''' 'is a linux distribution, an operating system based on Linux kernel, graphics and environments with multiple applications to be installed in various types of computers, is [[free software] ] [[GLP]]. It is a [[fork - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29]] Mandriva 2010.1, so it is based on RPM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager ) Mageia was created in 2010, and developed by the community of users and developers, under the coordination of Mageia.org, French nonprofit organization, manages and coordinates the distribution, code and software hosting and distribution, builds system, and carries out marketing, fosters communication and events. The first release of the software distribution, Mageia 1, took place in June 2011.[3] According to DistroWatch, Mageia is the 7th most visited Linux-based operating system on their site as of April 2012 and it is the third most visited RPM-based Linux distribution behind Fedora and openSUSE.[5] == History == The Mageia was established in 2010 as a folk Mandriva 2010.1, for a group of former employees of Mandriva and several other developers and users and supporter of the Mandriva community. Although created in 2010. the events that led to the creation of Mageia relate the economic crisis of the Mandriva company and its commercial approach and a great distance from the user community of Mandriva Linux distribution, generating complaints. The Company MandrakSoft, former name of the Company Mandriva, filed for bankruptcy in 27/janeiro/2003. In 2004, he accepted plea agreement to pay the debt allowing the acquisition of several companies (Edge IT, Conectiva and Linbox), changing its name to Mandriva. In 2006, Mandriva fires one of its founders and main developers, Gael Duval. (Http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1015784/mandriva-fires-its-creator) The crises of the company Mandriva Mandriva has led some officials to discuss with the community of developers and users, in 2007, the the creation with the creation of an entity (http://foundation.zarb.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page ) to make the distro's development closer to the community and a more stable aela But discussion was not carried forward. In April 2010 came news that the sale was Mandriva (http://www.presence- pc.com/actualite/Mandriva-Linux-39261/) and that there could be dismissal of employees (http://lwn.net / Articles/494786 /) (http://lwn.net/Articles/494506/) (http://lwn.net/Articles/441916/) which generated concerns about the end of the Mandriva Linux distribution, but was denied by the company (http://blog.mandriva.com/br/2010/05/12/situacao-da-mandriva/). On September 17, 2010 Mandriva the company held a General Assembly that approved the entry of new shareholders in Russia (http://lwn.net/Articles/406467/), and also decided not to rehire the employees of the Mandriva team (Edge IT in France). The next day, in 18/setembro/2010 these terminated employees (who were mostly responsible for the development and maintenance of the distribution Mandriva), decidiramm, create Mageia with the support of many members of the community of developers, users and employees Mandriva Linux, an attitude explained by a public statement. (Http://www.mageia.org/en/about/2010-sept-announcement.html). The procedures for the organization of the new Linux distribution began to be reported via the Mageia Blog (http://blog.mageia.org/en/2010/09/21/thank-you/), which can be found the reports of the tasks and challenges of creating the Mageia. In 26/novembro/2010 announced the creation of Mageia.org (http://blog.mageia.org/en/2010/11/26/news-about-the-association/), French nonprofit organization (Association Loi 1901), an entity required to undertake formal aspects of the development of Mageia. == Versions == Mageia is released on a 9-month release cycle and each release is supported for 18 months.[6] === Latest version === The latest stable version is Mageia 1, released in June 2011. === Development version === The development version of Mageia is known as Cauldron and is what becomes the next release of Mageia.[7] == Goals == The following goals were listed in the organization's announcement on 18 September 2010:[4] Make Linux and Free and Open Source Software straightforward to use for everyone; Provide integrated system configuration tools; Keep a high-level of integration between the base system, the desktop (KDE, GNOME, etc.) and applications; especially improve third-parties (be it free or proprietary software) integration; Target new architectures and form-factors; and Improve understanding of computers and electronics devices users. == Name == The term "mageia" — μαγεία in Greek — means "magic" in English. It is a reference to Mandrake (the magician), the original name of the Mandriva distribution (Mandrake Linux).[8] == References == ^ [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Archive:Mageia_1_supported_locales "Archive:Mageia 1 supported locales] - Mageia wiki". Wiki.mageia.org. Retrieved 2012-04-20. ^ [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_1_Release_Notes#CLI_Package_Management_Tools "Mageia 1 Release Notes - Mageia wiki"]. Wiki.mageia.org. Retrieved 2012-04-20. ^ [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mageia a b "DistroWatch.com: Mageia"]. 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2012-04-29. ^ [http://www.mageia.org/en/about/2010-sept-announcement.html a b c "A New Linux Distribution".] Mageia. 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2012-04-20. ^ [http://distrowatch.com/ "DistroWatch"]. Retrieved 2012-04-20. ^ [http://www.muktware.com/blogs/1878 "Mageia Goes For 9 Month Release Cycle"]. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2012-04-20. ^ [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron "Cauldron - Mageia wiki"]. Retrieved 2012-04-20. ^ [http://www.waybeta.com/news/85180/mandriva-linux-bifurcation-mageia- project-released-the-first-alpha-version-of-_mandriva-linux/ "Mandriva Linux bifurcation Mageia project released the first Alpha version of _Mandriva Linux"]. waybeta. Retrieved 2012-04-20. == See also == Portal icon Free Software portal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva_Linux Mandriva Linux] distribution [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva Mandriva, SA] (corporation) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCLinuxOS PCLinuxOS] — another Linux Distribution based on Mandriva Linux [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Linux Unity Linux] — a Mandriva-based distribution designed to be a base for end user distributions. == External links == [http://www.mageia.org/ Official website] [http://wiki.mageia.org/ Mageia Wiki] [https://www.mageia.org/mailman/ Mailing lists]
