On May 7, 2008, at 9:24 AM, aranworld wrote:
> > I really enjoy contributing to the official Cake Book, however, it is > a very serious problem that the contribution and editing process is so > obscure. The black box model absolutely does not work and > significantly reduces the incentive to contribute. > > I have personally spent a lot of time working on various sections of > the Cake Book. Some modifications appear, some don't. I don't get > any real feedback on why some things appear and others don't. I have > nothing to help me do a better job on future work. > > With Wikipedia, where I also have contributed a bit over the years, I > get to see a very transparent chain of feedback and edits on my own > contributions. This makes me much better at writing entries, and I > have found that my quality level has improved due to past feedback. > I think that if I ever wished the CakePHP docs were more like a Wiki, > this kind of transparency is all I am asking for. I am not asking for > the right to create my own articles or even the right to have my edits > appear immediately. > > For the time it takes me to make quality contributions, what I ask for > in return is a transparent editing and revision process. 1. We're working on better communication for Cookbook edits and revisions 2. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me. Most edits have been great, but there's been some cases where I've been rejecting edits: - The edit is incorrect (code-wise) - The contribution is a complete rewrite of an existing section If there are other problems, I try to fix it before I approve it. For really long sections that have been completely rewritten without even checking with me, I can't do much about that if the writing style is too different, or if the structure of the contribution doesn't match what we have planned. -- John P.S. - Ditto to what Nate said. > On May 7, 5:57 am, "Mariano Iglesias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> If you don't know what inflation is we have plenty of that in >> Argentina, and >> we can certainly spare some for you. >> >> -MI >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> CakeFest: December, 2008 - Buenos Aires, Argentina -http://www.cakefest.org >> >> blog:http://www.MarianoIglesias.com.ar >> twitter:http://twitter.com/mgiglesias >> >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En >> nombre >> de nate >> Enviado el: Miércoles, 07 de Mayo de 2008 08:17 a.m. >> Para: CakePHP >> Asunto: Re: Is the documentation at book.cakephp.org open source? >> >> Inflation. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
