timestamps and authors on wiki and blog post

[hannesm]

from #777:

I'm pretty confused about two things:

• why can such a timestamp exist? isn't it used for e.g. the atom/rss feed (do we still have an atom/rss feed with the recent website updates?)
• is there a requirement for an author of a page? what is the meaning thereof (I understand it's nice for blog articles, but e.g. the security process / security page is basically written by the mirage core team, no?)

It also feels pretty strange to me to have dates in the "metadata", isn't it all stored in a git repository and couldn't git's data be used for figuring out a publishing and last update timestamp? as canopy did nearly a decade ago...

[TheLortex]

why can such a timestamp exist?

It's integrated in blog post pages and used for the rss feed.

is there a requirement for an author of a page?

I think it's part of the template we use, but it could be made optional.

isn't it all stored in a git repository and couldn't git's data be used for figuring out a publishing and last update timestamp

I'm afraid the git metadata was lost when files were moved around for the new architecture and design.

[hannesm]

I'm afraid the git metadata was lost when files were moved around for the new architecture and design.

That's sad, but git allows to track file moves.

[sabine]

I would close this issue because I think fixing typos should not advance the last updated at date, while significant content updates should.