discuss: Linux documentation wiki
Subject:
Re: Linux documentation wiki
From:
John Tapsell ####@####.####
Date:
16 Jan 2002 13:52:30 -0000
Message-Id: <E16QqUN-00003y-00@mailhost>
> I think that for most docs, more improvement could be made per hour of
> the author's time by means other than using wikis. To present the above
> choices will pose a significant burden on most authors since you will
> also need to accompany it by a document discussing the pros and cons of
> each choice. Almost all authors are not following this discussion and
> would not really have strong opinions on which choice to select.
>
> So many authors may select an option and then be disappointed with it.
> If so, they will blame LDP for it. The good-will of the authors is of
> paramount importance. I know of one person who wrote a HOWTO but will
> not submit it to LDP due to his poor opinion of us.
Oh come on. Authors aren't that dumb - They try out wiki if they like it,
and if they find they don't like it, they pull it from the wiki.
And as for that person not submitting a howto to the community because he
doesn't like the people in charge - well thats just sad.
Thats like not using the gpl because you dislike rms, or something.
> If an author picks option 2, nothing may happen to the doc. If option
> 3, poor changes may anger the author.
Well... duh - poor author, again, I really hope people aren't this dumb.
I hate sounding elitest, because well damnit I just can't believe people are
like that.
Ah, I'm gonna go have a hot bath.
:)
JohnFlux
> I don't understand. If someone edits your wiki, you need to know about
> it right away. Notification by email seems logical. Of course
> reviewing edits made by others adds to the maintainers workload.
On this thought, I had an idea - we could submit the changes to this list
(assuming a low number of changes)
