* James A. Treacy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011213 11:03]: > Hmm. the person that wrote the following has no attribution in the mail > I'm responding to.
Hi James, That was me. Kyle missed the attribution. > > > One of the biggest publicity items for Debian is it's website, however > > > the very important /intro/ section seems less than complete to me. I > > > intend to help out in this area and I wanted to see if there are others > > > that would like to help as well and discuss some ideas. > > > > > > First, the /intro pages seem like a good place to summarize the project > > > and how it works. The "Reasons to Choose Debian" is a nice list but I > > > feel the top three or four items should be chosen to Frame the discussion. > > The place to discuss the web site is on debian-www. I was interested in another perspective and to see how active the other mail list was. I was also hoping to get a discussion and perspective from those with less technical background and perhaps more experience in publicity related issues. No disrespect intended. > Before people jump into details, any reorganization needs to start by > looking at the big picture. We need to look at how typical users use the > site and make sure we serve them. IMO, that means newbies, people with > linux/unix experience and developers. > > Much of the same goes for the intro section. There is a lot of material > there (and more that can be added). If the organization is not well > thought out in advance, it is unlikely to be an improvement on what is > already there. I agree, this shouldn't be done haphazardly. I was trying to get a more concrete suggestion worked out about the content before moving on through the process and bringing it to this list. I think it's great if both lists participate. I probably should have cc'd it myself. -- -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
