[documentation] Topics/Tasks for Drupalcon Friday Docs Sprint

[Steven Peck]

I have some book organization and structural ideas I shall be bringing
along with me.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Jamie Meredith <jlmeredith at gmail.com> wrote:
> I will be at the Code Sprint on Friday and if I am not pulled some other
> direction during the con, I will be available for helping things along.
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> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Addison Berry <drupal at rocktreesky.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Drupalcon approacheth and I have a loose list of things that we could
> > try to organize around on during the Friday (March 7) code/docs sprint
> > (http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/codesprintt). I know not everyone can
> > make it to Drupalcon, so I'd like to set up a #drupal-docs IRC channel
> > during the sprint so folks can get in on the conversation and take
> > part in the sprint as well.
> >
> > In the meantime here are some topics/tasks that are high on my radar
> > for the sprint. Please add to this task list, particularly if you are
> > willing to "head it up" as it were, i.e. explain the task and answer
> > questions, get newbies situated for the task, etc.
> >
> > CVS docs:       http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs (also related, the
> > Maintaining a project section: http://drupal.org/node/7765)
> >        I have been slowly tinkering with this section and we will have
> Derek
> > (dww) and other CVS/project devs handy for clarifying questions and a
> > bunch of newer devs around to give feedback. This is a tricky place
> > for lots of folks and my personal mission is to bring this section
> > home (or at least closer.) :-)
> >
> > Clean URLs docs:        http://drupal.org/node/15365
> >        This is an important section for people setting up their site. It
> is
> > overwhelming and a bunch of pages are pretty old. We need to review,
> > update and consolidate.
> >
> > Getting Started for D6
> >        This is the new section Steven Peck started with D5. It is a
> > different sort of section since the document is actually in DocBook
> > format and then we export the pages for HTML and into the PDF doc we
> > offer. This makes it a little harder to collaborate with upgrading it
> > to 6, but with everyone in the room we should be able to make a lot of
> > headway.
> >
> > Clean up the docs issue queue:
> http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation
> >        We've got almost 300 issues in the documentation queue, some going
> > back 2 years. Let's systematically go through and review the issues to
> > see which are still pertinent and try to weed it down a bit. Also a
> > great way to find some random tasks that may interest you.
> >
> > Comment rolling:        http://drupal.org/handbook/comments
> >        Handbook pages shouldn't have comments. We need to review the pages
> > that do and clean 'em up. First pass is to delete irrelevant and
> > support questions. Then we need to look at the page and determine how
> > to update the page (or add new, related pages) to address the
> > meaningful comments. Josh Brauer has been doing great work on this
> > front lately.
> >
> > Adding screenshots and graphics
> >        Everyone wants 'em! Docs team members can add 'em! Some prime
> > candidates for this kind of thing are tutorials with screenies of the
> > steps but we could also use things like charts and workflows to give
> > people a picture to help make some concepts more clear.
> >
> > These last two items, Comment rolling and Screenshots, can be done
> > anywhere and everywhere but some of the most popular pages
> (http://drupal.org/handbook/most-popular-pages
> > ) would be a good place to start with them.
> > --
> > Pending work: http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/
> > List archives: http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/
> >
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