Official NixOS Wiki talk:History

Why hasn't nixos.wiki been merged and redirected to wiki.nixos.org?

From what I can tell, the "Official NixOS Wiki" (wiki.nixos.org) is fully launched and considered ready for use.

Having similar looking, but slightly out of sync content on both wikis is confusing from an end-user perspective. Speaking personally, my getting into NixOS was significantly hindered by scattered and outdated documentation, to the point that I almost gave up completely multiple times before finally getting a working system.

Is migrating from the unofficial wiki (nixos.wiki) to the official NixOS wiki (wiki.nixos.org) a technical limitation in transferring content? A social issue of disagreement from the operators of both wikis, each wishing to maintain control of the wiki? Something else entirely?

From my perspective, the ideal solution would be to:

1. Add whoever runs the unofficial wiki to the team managing the official wiki (if they aren't already on it)
2. Lock the unofficial wiki to prevent new content from being added while transitioning to the Official Wiki
3. Sync the content such that the Official wiki is the most up-to-date version
4. Retire the unofficial wiki and setup permanent redirects from nixos.wiki → wiki.nixos.org to aid with SEO and keep old links in blog posts and such functioning

What's stopping this?

See also: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Wiki_talk:History

Joshbuker (talk) 21:49, 9 November 2025 (UTC)