I'm not sure, but possibly the first step would be to have a list of all the best documentation so far. I personally don't use documentation much, just google around. I do use the internal Help of OpenOffice though. What are the average user's habits? If I were to use documentation, I guess it wouldn't be general documentation, but ratther documentation on how to solve specific tasks.
On 22 March 2014 17:54, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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. > > >
