On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 09:42:46PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Saturday 03 February 2007 17:05, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > What is the relationship between the debian.org wiki and newbiedoc's > > wiki? I notice that newbiedoc isn't referenced anywhere on debian's > > website so someone (a newbie) going to debian.org doesn't find reference > > to newbiedoc. I'm wondering why this is. If all > > articles/notes/whatever for newbies go to newbiedoc then how do newbies > > find it. > > > > They are simply not related. > > newbiedoc has articles that probably span a wide range of audience than just > debian users. Not all debian users would be interested in reading articles > about other distributions; Where as wiki.debian.org caters to the needs of > just Debian users. > > How do newbies find out? Just like everyone else do - www.google.com. I am > not > kidding here. > > Another option would be to create pages in wiki.debian.org and point it to > the > repective docs on newbiedoc website. Others might have more suggestions how > to connect these two... > > > It looks like if someone wants to post a note or article, that it has to > > go to newbie doc since the debian wiki is immutable. > > I just now visited http://wiki.debian.org/RecentChanges and the last change > was done roughly 3 hours ago. It is definitely modifiable. However, to > write/modify articles you first need to create an account. >
The newbiedoc I'm talking about is http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Main_Page It says: NewbieDoc - Debian documentation FOR newbies BY newbies (and not-so-newbies). Looking again at the debian wiki I see now how to edit. I'm using Lynx and sometimes its hard to find stuff. The other difference I see is that while newbiedoc (and all posts to it) are under the GFDL, the debian wiki says it is _not_ GFDL, yet the DebianWiki Copyright link points to debian.net which gives you a page that says it doesn't exist. I'm just pondering the amount of newbie-type questions the list gets which seems to point to a lack of initial documentation to turn absolute newbies into functional newbies (people who know they don't know anything except how to find help appropratly). What I describe as the brick wall at the beginning of the Debian learning curve for people who have never used a computer. Personally, I'm _not_ a newbie. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
