Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 19/03/2014 Keith N. McKenna wrote: <snip> > In other fields we notice that it is important to involve and empower > new volunteers quickly and easily. For example, a new documentation > volunteer would now have the problem that he needs a wiki account > created (and he needs someone to do it, since registration is currently > disabled) and then a welcome message on what to do, and then a list of > tasks... > > If the more active people here could have all necessary privileges to > answer prospective volunteers with a "Welcome, we created a wiki account > for you, a couple of small tasks that you can do to start are X and Y", > this would be much more effective. > I should have all the necessary privileges, at last on the mwiki. The problem I see is that I am just about the only person active right now and I am tired of putting fourth the effort to draw people in and in better than 80% of cases nothing comes of it. I am willing to try again, but I can not do it alone. We need to be able to attract experienced technical writers that can guide volunteers.
> Should you wish to try it, let us know and we'll look into what's needed > to give you (Keith, or other active volunteers who want to take care of > this) the necessary privileges. > > Regards, > Andrea.
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