On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Dave <davepo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
Good points. Maybe the topic of another survey?
>
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
>
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