[documentation] How to get more people involved with documentation

[Dries Buytaert]

I created a new role 'documentation maintainers' and gave them full  
access to the book.module -- would that work?

On 17 Jun 2006, at 03:01, Steven Peck wrote:

> I think that should work out as a first step to see how things goes.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: documentation-bounces at drupal.org
>> [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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