# Rubydoc.org

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 9, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827 "2006-01-09T18:04:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/1 "2006-01-09T18:04:35Z")

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Does anyone know the status of [Rubydoc.org](http://Rubydoc.org)? I haven’t been able to get  
it  
to load over the last week or so. Even before then I only seemed to  
have a  
50/50 shot at actually reaching the site.

-Matt

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/2 "2006-01-09T18:13:41Z")

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On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Belorion wrote:

> Does anyone know the status of [Rubydoc.org](http://Rubydoc.org)?

I’m not sure what that URL is suppose to lead to, but I’m having no  
trouble reaching [http://www.ruby-doc.org/](http://www.ruby-doc.org/), if that is in fact what  
you are looking for.

James Edward G. II

P.S. Matt, would you please email me off-list  
(removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid). I’ve been trying to contact you,  
unsuccessfully…

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/3 "2006-01-09T18:43:55Z")

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Belorion wrote:

> Does anyone know the status of [Rubydoc.org](http://Rubydoc.org)? I haven’t been able to get it  
> to load over the last week or so. Even before then I only seemed to have a  
> 50/50 shot at actually reaching the site.

Are you looking for [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org)?

(note the dash in the name.)

James B.

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[http://www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation  
[Ruby Code & Style](http://www.artima.com/rubycs/) - Ruby Code & Style: Writers wanted  
[http://www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff  
[http://www.jamesbritt.com](http://www.jamesbritt.com) - Playing with Better Toys  
[http://www.30secondrule.com](http://www.30secondrule.com) - Building Better Tools

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/4 "2006-01-09T18:50:05Z")

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# host [www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org)

[www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) is an alias for [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org).  
[ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org) has address 207.44.206.37

# host [www.rubydoc.org](http://www.rubydoc.org)

[www.rubydoc.org](http://www.rubydoc.org) has address 216.143.148.24

‘whois’ shows two different registrants. Is “[rubydoc.org](http://rubydoc.org)” also a ruby  
site?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/5 "2006-01-09T19:08:15Z")

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Alan G. wrote:

> # host [www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org)
> 
> [www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) is an alias for [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org).  
> [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org) has address 207.44.206.37
> 
> # host [www.rubydoc.org](http://www.rubydoc.org)
> 
> [www.rubydoc.org](http://www.rubydoc.org) has address 216.143.148.24
> 
> ‘whois’ shows two different registrants. Is “[rubydoc.org](http://rubydoc.org)” also a ruby  
> site?

I think it was, or was intended to be, but it drifted off.

But [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org) (a la [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org), [ruby-talk.org](http://ruby-talk.org); basically,  
ruby-\*.org ) is the Ruby documentation site.

James

–

[http://www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation  
[Ruby Code & Style](http://www.artima.com/rubycs/) - The Journal By & For Rubyists  
[http://www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff  
[http://www.jamesbritt.com](http://www.jamesbritt.com) - Playing with Better Toys  
[http://www.30secondrule.com](http://www.30secondrule.com) - Building Better Tools

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/6 "2006-01-09T19:05:14Z")

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On 1/9/06, Alan G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> # host [www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org)
> 
> [www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) is an alias for [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org).  
> [ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org) has address 207.44.206.37
> 
> # host [www.rubydoc.org](http://www.rubydoc.org)
> 
> [www.rubydoc.org](http://www.rubydoc.org) has address 216.143.148.24
> 
> ‘whois’ shows two different registrants. Is “[rubydoc.org](http://rubydoc.org)” also a ruby site?

FWIW, looks like [rubydoc.org](http://rubydoc.org) is registered to Sean C. (also  
the owner of [rubynet.org](http://rubynet.org)). Don’t know if Sean is actively doing  
anything with Ruby these days or not, but he used to work on mod\_ruby  
and other useful things…

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/7 "2006-01-09T20:38:47Z")

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Thanks all for the clarification. I think my problem was that I just  
googled rubydoc, and the first hit is [rubydoc.org](http://rubydoc.org).

-Matt

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubydoc-org/94827/8 "2006-01-09T20:35:46Z")

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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:04:34 -0000, Lyle J.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> > site?
> 
> FWIW, looks like [rubydoc.org](http://rubydoc.org) is registered to Sean C. (also  
> the owner of [rubynet.org](http://rubynet.org)). Don’t know if Sean is actively doing  
> anything with Ruby these days or not, but he used to work on mod\_ruby  
> and other useful things…

Sean recently reappeared and is now keeping a hand on the helm of the  
Libxml-ruby bindings ([http://libxml.rubyforge.org](http://libxml.rubyforge.org)) as we try to bring it  
up to date and move it forward. We’re currently working toward releasing  
a  
new version via Rubygems that will fix a few bugs and tidy things up a  
bit.
