[documentation] How to get more people involved with documentation

[Steven Peck]

I think that should work out as a first step to see how things goes. 

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> [mailto:documentation-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Kieran Lal
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:48 AM
> To: A list for documentation writers; Dries Buytaert; Steven Peck
> Subject: [documentation] How to get more people involved with 
> documentation
> 
> Dries and Steven, can we get a edit book pages privilege role only,  
> but not administer nodes?
> 
> We could make some progress if we could hand out a couple dozen  
> permissions to folks interested in helping out.
> 
> Kieran
> 
> 
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
> 
> >
> > Laura Scott wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm sure a forum post might help attract new people, but let's  
> >> face it, there seem to be very few existing "team members" who  
> >> actually have any sort of privileges to do anything beyond the  
> >> average n00b user. I certainly am not the most prolific  
> >> contributor, but I'm not at the bottom of the list, either, but  
> >> I've never seen an edit tab on any page I did not write. 
> Maybe I'm  
> >> wrong, but going by my experience and the very few names on the  
> >> handbook updates page, it seems that in actuality only a very  
> >> small number of people actually have any sort of privileges to  
> >> edit pages or take pages out of moderation.
> > Laura -- very nicely said -- I've said this before, and 
> I'll say it  
> > again -- I'll contribute in the forums much more readily than  
> > contributing to the handbooks because I can respond to multiple  
> > forum posts in the same amount of time it takes to create handbook  
> > documentation -- right now, when I see a handbook page that needs  
> > editing, my only option is to post a comment on the page, or email  
> > this list,or raise an issue about the page on drupal.org -- 
> while I  
> > understand that these mechanisms work, I also understand from  
> > setting up countless drupal sites that it can be easier.
> >
> > I'm a firm believer in creating good documentation, and I 
> do a fair  
> > amount of work supporting new users. It doesn't need to be this  
> > difficult. As Charlie/Laura/Angela all have suggested in past  
> > threads, and as I repeat here, give edit privileges to people who  
> > have contributed handbook pages. If a user proves they 
> can't handle  
> > the access, then take the rights away.
> >
> > My .02
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bill
> >
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