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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
\fBnpm-faq\fR \-\- Frequently Asked Questions
.
.SH "Where can I find these docs in HTML?"
-\fIhttps://npmjs\.org/doc/\fR, or run:
+\fIhttps://www\.npmjs\.org/doc/\fR, or run:
.
.IP "" 4
.
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ That\'s what it\'s for\. Install it globally, then link it into each
program that uses it\.
.
.SH "Whatever, I really want the old style 'everything global' style\."
-Write your own package manager, then\. It\'s not that hard\.
+Write your own package manager\. You could probably even wrap up \fBnpm\fR
+in a shell script if you really wanted to\.
.
.P
npm will not help you do something that is known to be a bad idea\.
@@ -405,14 +406,18 @@ Go to \fIhttps://npmjs\.org/forgot\fR\|\.
Either the registry is down, or node\'s DNS isn\'t able to reach out\.
.
.P
-To check if the registry is down, open up \fIhttp://registry\.npmjs\.org/\fR
-in a web browser\. This will also tell you if you are just unable to
-access the internet for some reason\.
+To check if the registry is down, open up \fIhttps://registry\.npmjs\.org/\fR in a web browser\. This will also tell
+you if you are just unable to access the internet for some reason\.
.
.P
-If the registry IS down, let me know by emailing \fIi@izs\.me\fR or posting
-an issue at \fIhttps://github\.com/npm/npm/issues\fR\|\. We\'ll have
-someone kick it or something\.
+If the registry IS down, let us know by emailing \fIsupport@npmjs\.com\fR
+or posting an issue at \fIhttps://github\.com/npm/npm/issues\fR\|\. If it\'s
+down for the world (and not just on your local network) then we\'re
+probably already being pinged about it\.
+.
+.P
+You can also often get a faster response by visiting the #npm channel
+on Freenode IRC\.
.
.SH "Why no namespaces?"
Please see this discussion: \fIhttps://github\.com/npm/npm/issues/798\fR
@@ -425,10 +430,13 @@ If you want to namespace your own packages, you may: simply use the \fB\-\fR cha
There is not sufficient need to impose namespace rules on everyone\.
.
.SH "Who does npm?"
-\fBnpm view npm author\fR
+npm was originally written by Isaac Z\. Schlueter, and many others have
+contributed to it, some of them quite substantially\.
.
.P
-\fBnpm view npm contributors\fR
+The npm open source project, The npm Registry, and the community
+website \fIhttps://www\.npmjs\.org\fR are maintained and operated by the
+good folks at npm, Inc\. \fIhttps://www\.npmjs\.com\fR
.
.SH "I have a question or request not addressed here\. Where should I put it?"
Post an issue on the github project: