[documentation] Edits for everyone?

[Boris Mann]

On 4-Jan-06, at 9:56 AM, Laura Scott wrote:

> I would hesitate to let anyone edit pages, as we've had enough  
> snerts, spammers and trolls where having to clean up their mess in  
> the docs themselves might prove to be more work than the gains  
> might allow. But on this, I could not say for sure.

I don't think this is the case. I clean up "this is my test handbook  
page" every now and then (and sometimes drop people a line via  
contact asking them not to "test"), but people with registered  
accounts are pretty easy to catch quickly, and automating the editing  
handbook pages for spam...well, also quickly stopped, and unlikely to  
occur.

> As an alternative, what if role permissions were added such that  
> regular (mostly) trusted documentation contributors would have  
> those edit privileges? Doc moderators would still have to approve,  
> but it might improve our workflow considerably. (I'm still at a  
> loss how to suggest edits. I've used visible comments, emails here  
> and issues on drupal.org, but each seems way out of the workflow to  
> me.)

I think a big "edit this page" button and edit privileges for all  
users. Maybe we can turn this functionality on for a trial basis, and  
have a "documentation drive" forum post encouraging people to submit  
edits and/or get involved with the documentation list.

Right now, the default answer to complaints is...contribute. Make it  
easier to contribute (i.e. edit any handbook page), less excuses. Yes?

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