PS3 Merging the knowledge

[tungatung]

Recently this website has opened up which provides in-depth info about console modding.
So i was thinking if the ps3devwiki content and all the other info of this forum could be merged with it, it would help to create an ultimate wiki for the PS3.

@aldostools @atreyu187 @STLcardsWS

 

[bguerville]

FYI
I didn't bother to review the entire site, I just looked quickly at the ps3xploit related section & I didn't find any more in-depth data than you can already find elsewhere, but rather a mixture of info collected from unknown sources (Mr Mario's vids?), some of it right, some of it wrong, some of it outdated, some of it incomplete.

 

[tungatung]

FYI
I didn't bother to review the entire site, I just looked quickly at the ps3xploit related section & I didn't find any more in-depth data than you can already find elsewhere, but rather a mixture of info collected from unknown sources (Mr Mario's vids?), some of it right, some of it wrong, some of it outdated, some of it incomplete.

elsewhere as in on this forum or some other forums and YT
Also its currently in progress and not complete, maybe as time progresses they will add more info.

 

[bguerville]

elsewhere as in on this forum or some other forums and YT

That is beside the point really, in order to merge information with the wiki, the problem is the quality & trustworthiness of the data, if you have to verify every piece of information, you may just as well work on the wiki directly using any source you find.

 

[STLcardsWS]

FYI
I didn't bother to review the entire site, I just looked quickly at the ps3xploit related section & I didn't find any more in-depth data than you can already find elsewhere, but rather a mixture of info collected from unknown sources (Mr Mario's vids?), some of it right, some of it wrong, some of it outdated, some of it incomplete.

What i dislike about @Derf Jagged site is that it does not source info as well as it should.
Not doing much in terms of keeping the communication link between user and dev on some pages, now other pages it does,..
It helps keep things upto date as well, i do not even think there is a mention of bgtoolset or even the release thread for PS3HEN, i do not think its been updated since it it was on reddit..It was the reddit wiki's from derf but just looks like they were before, so not sure the reason they are promoting something new without some updates yet.

 

[Derf Jagged]

Just happened to come across this post, I didn't seem to have gotten an email notification for it.

It looks like shortly after this post was made, instructions were added for bgtoolset to the site. Of course, with the original bgtoolset domain going offline, it's in limbo, but it goes to show that information gets updated on the site. More-so now than at the beginning of the year as people start to use the site more. That was the point of migrating off of reddit, as previously only moderators could edit the wiki, and now it's a wiki with a validity moderation system for *many* consoles, rather than just a couple. Regardless, I think it's better to have one page that can be updated versus many forum posts contradicting each other and re-inventing the wheel over and over. It just takes time to get the right people to contribute.

Regarding the info sources: you're right, I didn't do a great job back in 2016 when I stood up the PS3 wiki on reddit. I've gone back and tried to add sources (and credits) to some pages. For the actual documentation, in 99% of cases (excluding the obscure flashers and ODEs) I manually explored the hardware/software and documented all the options by hand. CM isn't perfect or anywhere near complete, but the information is now in the most accessible form and able to be updated by the community.

Regarding OP's suggestion to merge the wikis — I think it's best to keep them separate. ConsoleMods.org focuses on end-user guides, while the devwikis focus on the development / research side of things.