[documentation] Contributors to docs need more public recognition

[Steve Dondley]

> You say "no one should be opposed" and yet Nancy (78 book pages and
> hundreds of revisions contributed) and Webchick (55 pages and hundreds
> of revisions contributed) have concerns about the idea as you
> presented it.

Well, I have only received response from one person about the specific
proposal to list people on the page itself. Yours is #2.

>
> We have http://drupal.org/node/14205  and perhaps that could be
> highlighted a little more to give people more attention.  I once wrote
> a query and put it in the issue queue or on some email list (this was
> maybe 2 years ago) that showed the number of book revisions that
> people had created as a way to give credit for revisions in addition
> to new pages which could perhaps be added as well.

This would be a step in the right direction.

>
> I agree with you that giving highly visible credit for our
> documentation contributors is a great idea to help inspire more people
> to do it.

Exactly.

  I think there are valid reasons not to do it on the page
> itself.  If you (or someone else) wanted to write a "documentation
> people of the month" and add it to the newsletter I'm sure it would be
> well received.  That is one of many options for the ultimate goal of
> highlighting the work done by handbook contributors.

I'd prefer it to be automated and built into the system. Just like
when you become a module maintainer, getting credit is just built into
the system.

>
> It's also worth noting that the Wikipedia project works pretty well
> giving credit on a separate tab.

Well, at least in wikipedia, anonymous users can view it.

>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
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