[documentation] Contributors to docs need more public recognition

[Steve Dondley]

As I just explained, that is NOT the heart of my proposal. I really
don't care about that feature. The heart of my proposal is the
original post:

http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/2008-May/006023.html

The proposal is really just to "be more public about giving credit".
That's all I'm saying. No one should be opposed to that.

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:
> Gang,
>
> Karma this, karma that -- karma happens based on what you do, not on how you
> get credit for it. I don't think karma is at the core of this conversation.
>
> It's about making docs at drupal.org better.
>
> I think this paragraph is at the heart of Steve's proposal:
>
>> So let me clear it up. I didn't mean to suggest that document
>> maintainers would have the same restrictive gatekeeper role as a
>> module maintainer. Instead, I would envision someone who calls
>> themselves a "maintainer" of a page, a role they can choose to
>> relinquish at any time. Each page could have multiple maintainers but
>> anyone could still edit the page. Some pages might have zero
>> maintainers until someone decides to step up. Having a document
>> maintainer is just a way for a person to publicly declare, "I'm
>> interested in taking an active role in improving and maintaining the
>> quality of this document." This would be someone who wants to get
>> notified or asked for advice on what's on that page. Nothing more than
>> that. They could easily drop out of that role anytime they wanted.
>
> I think what Steve is talking about is providing an opportunity for people
> to better step up to take ownership of docs in a way that doesn't exclude
> others. Why would we want to prevent people from feeling responsible for
> certain doc pages and being more accessible to folks seeking clarification,
> more  help, etc?
>
> Shai
>
>
>



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