[documentation] The handbook organization

[Steven Peck]

http://drupal.org/node/23743 

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> From: documentation-bounces at drupal.org 
> [mailto:documentation-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of sime
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 6:32 PM
> To: A list for documentation writers
> Subject: Re: [documentation] The handbook organization
> 
> Hi Steven
> 
> Just a question. May I ask who the marketing team are? Seems a weird 
> concept for the Drupal community. We don't have a "development team", 
> for example - we're all the team!
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> Steven Peck wrote:
> 
> >People keep saying it's important but they never propose anything
> >concrete much less contribute what they think would be neat. 
>  Just talk
> >about it in general terms.  And say what it should be some 
> more this or
> >that, then talk some more, then wander off.
> >
> >If the Marketing Team doesn't do it, then at some point, I 
> will and then
> >take all the abuse again.  But it will be different and done.  
> >
> >Of course, it's been mentioned that some feel system 
> requirements belong
> >there.
> >
> >Version number and whick you should use is sort of important 
> but propose
> >somewhere to move it.  Stuff used on Drupal.org.... These 
> two have cut
> >down on an enormous load of questions in the forums.
> >
> >Maybe if someone who is interested put together an outline?  
> Tossed some
> >intial suggested content?  I have a scratch site that I can 
> grant access
> >to for people to edit and collaborate on.  The one part that 
> needs to be
> >there is the history (http://drupal.org/node/10257) because it is an
> >import part of what Drupal is and where Drupal came from.  
> This is Open
> >Source, free and people need to know that whether they want 
> to or not.
> >That mission helps determine what support and what direction 
> things are
> >likely to go in.  
> >
> >If need be some of the other stuff can be broken out into a different
> >section or moved entirely.  
> >
> >I'm getting sort of selfish with my time as my interests 
> grow and things
> >I want to play with in Drupal draw my attention.  I'd like 
> other folks
> >to take up an area responsibilty for proposing something, gathering
> >feedback and refining it and then coordinating the doing of it.
> >
> >-sp
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: documentation-bounces at drupal.org 
> >>[mailto:documentation-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Gary Feldman
> >>Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 8:27 AM
> >>To: A list for documentation writers
> >>Subject: Re: [documentation] The handbook organization
> >>
> >>Steven Peck wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>The About Drupal section.... The Marketing Team was supposed to be
> >>>working on this which is why other then a very basic pass at it it
> >>>hasn't been touched.  There was talk about strategy, 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>vision, consultant
> >>    
> >>
> >>>guides, etc... But virtually no work other then Kieren adding some
> >>>  
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>If I might make a radical proposal, the About Drupal section is an 
> >>important web site page, but doesn't belong in the same 
> >>grouping as the 
> >>other handbooks.  It's kind of like getting a new, 
> >>complicated digital 
> >>camera and discovering that the first fifty pages of the manual are 
> >>talking about the history of the manufacturer, predecessor 
> >>versions of 
> >>the camera, whether or not you should have bought the camera in the 
> >>first place, etc.
> >>
> >>Perhaps the recent work for changing the way books are 
> >>organized could 
> >>be used to treat this entire handbook as something 
> different from the 
> >>others, which really are About Using Drupal.
> >>
> >>Gary
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>    
> >>
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> >
> >
> >  
> >
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