editors: Re: Review needed of 'Encourage Women in Linux' HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Review needed of 'Encourage Women in Linux' HOWTO
From:
Val Henson ####@####.####
Date:
10 Dec 2003 01:47:13 -0000
Message-Id: <20031210014712.GN2160@rainbow>
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 06:55:15PM -0500, Raymond wrote:
>
> To this end I have volunteered on the editors list (mailto:
> ####@####.#### to review this document.
Thank you, Raymond. I have read the "Linux Documentation Project
Reviewer HOWTO" (good work, as usual, Joy) and found that the
following three types of review exist:
1. Peer Review - http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO/peerreview.html
This type of review occurs prior to publication. This HOWTO has
already been published.
2. Technical Accuracy Review - http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO/techreview.html
I quote:
"Make sure the facts as stated in the document are correct,
helpful, and on topic. To do a technical accuracy review, you
really need to know your subject matter, probably as well or better
than the original author."
3. Language Review - http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LDP-Reviewer-HOWTO/languagereview.html
This type of review addresses "poor sentence structure, grammar,
organization, clarity, and spelling."
Please let us know which kind of review you are doing. If you are
doing a Technical Accuracy Review, please inform us of your
qualifications in the area of encouraging women in Linux. The
authors of the HOWTO are listed here:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/x28.html#AEN66
Some of my personal qualifications to write about this subject can be
found on my home page:
http://www.nmt.edu/~val
A quick summary of my qualifications:
- Former full-time Linux developer
- Active volunteer for LinuxChix
- Member of Systers mailing list
- Frequent attendee at women in computing conferences
- Host of LinuxChix BoF at Ottawa Linux Symposium two years running
- Well read in the area (as demonstrated by references in the HOWTO)
- Member of the program committee of Sun's women in engineering group
> I suggest a even number of male/female reviewers that can work
> amongst themselves and submit the results as a group to the LDP.
I believe the motivation behind this suggestion is to provide a
"gender-balanced" review committee. However, mere numerical equality
will not produce the desired results. Three sexist men and three
sexist women will still produce a sexist review (as will six sexist
women and six sexist men - whoa, cool tongue-twister!).
I believe that the reviewers should be people who are qualified to
review the HOWTO as described above, regardless of gender. I look
forward to the review comments.
-VAL
