[documentation] Redefining the "docs team"

Emma Jane Hogbin emmajane at xtrinsic.com
Wed Jan 7 20:43:01 UTC 2009


Addison Berry wrote:
> Ok, so we define the "docs team" as anyone who actually contributed to  
> docs in some way. ;-) So if you want to be "on the team" you need to  
> edit/create docs. In that respect, this: http://drupal.org/node/14205  
> and this: http://drupal.org/node/263594, is our docs team. I've no  
> problem changing the wording of the profile linky.

Love it.

> On a side note, I'd like to just consolidate the "contributor" and  
> "editor" pages into one list. Having them separate isn't terribly  

+1


> useful to me. We should also note that right now, the numbers printed  
> after the names of contributors are pretty much inaccurate and  
> useless, so I'd like to remove them. I think one page that lists  
> everyone (create and edit0 is fine. If we want a number for ranking,  
> we can use one number indicating the number of handbook pages  
> "touched," whether it be initial creation or editing, with only one  
> touch per page (as in, no "I made 5 minor edits to one page so I get 5  
> credits." - you just get 1 credit per page).

Accurate numbers are always better. I'm also fine with the list being an
alphabetical list for all contributors, and scrapping the numeric
ranking. It can always be generated as a stat from time to time if need be.


regards,
emma

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