Hi Guyz,
I hope you are OK with me intervening here, I am "pretty new" to this thing.
I think we need to, as a team, focus on one specific guide or per
chapter. Split the work by chapter, once you have finished yours, ask if
others need help.
Maybe we could have someone check the Writer guide, for a start. I am
not even sure where all this stuff is located in wiki. I have only just
started and made very minor edits because I am trying to get used to the
style and stuff.
I am an experienced tech writer, with a consultant background. I do not
have tons of time, but can help out here and there.
I think we need some structure somewhere, what do you think ? Just me
two cents ;-)
Regards,
HP
On 03/22/2014 11:01 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
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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