CC'd to debian-user On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 18:06:13 -0500 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 05:14:47PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:24:35PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:14:43 -0500 > > > > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > So what about novicedoc as a project title? > > > > > > > > > > I don't know what all questions alioth asks when one > > > > > registers a project, but for a short description: > > > > > > > > > > Novicedoc: documentation for novices (people with no > > > > > computer experience) and newbies (computer people new to > > > > > linux and/or debian).... > > > > Novicedoc is a much better name than newbiedoc. > > Now if we could find another word for newbie ... "newbie" sounds > > undignified, and, more to the point, pejorative. > > Let's not start by insulting our intended audience. Another good word is 'newcomer' > Horray, I'm registered on alioth as dtutty-guest! > Who else in this discussion is? I think Andrei said he was (is that > you as andrei-guest? Nope. I was busy writing a new 'note' on newbiedoc. > Why not just drop the newbie in our documentation except where we have > it to be seen by google. E.g. the debian site itself under support > and documentation talks about things for newbies. A novice may > choose to search for stuff for newbies. > > How about: > > alioth topic: system > installation/setup > Novicedoc: Documentation for novices: people with or without > prior computer experience who are new to debian. > > Alternate search words: novice, newbie > > > Right now, according to the search engine on debian.org, there are no > packages with the word 'novice' in their name. > > It seems that an alioth project can be listed under more than one > topic. Debian seems to be for the debian stuff itself. However, > System > installation/setup and System > systems Administration would > seem to be appropriate. I'll have a look into it when I get back from work. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
