[documentation] New handbook section proposal: "Community Initiatives"

[John Noceda]

The first thing that came to my mind upon seeing the section was "We have
the 'Getting Involved' handbook for this". Didn't want to be negative on
this great initiative in the beginning so I waited on more feedback by
others. But now that Addi mentioned it, I think the "Community Initiatives"
is better as a sub-section of that handbook. IMO, that handbook should be
the place where people find ways to get involved. 

Haven't inspected the idea of incorporation thoroughly yet but at first
glance, rewrite http://drupal.org/getting-involved landing page, have the
"Community Initiatives" as one of the sub-pages of that (same level as the
"give effective user support", "translating", "Talk with the community",
etc.) as well as link to it in other appropriate handbook pages.

I think it is more organized if it is not a top-level book.

John
(JohnNoc)

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[mailto:documentation-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Addison Berry
Sent: 21. januar 2009 15:03
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Subject: Re: [documentation] New handbook section proposal: "Community
Initiatives"

So one of the things we were discussing and wanted feedback on, is whether
this should be its own top-level book that needs links from various corners
to get to (i.e. it is currently not easily
"discovered") or should we incorporate it into the Getting Involved book
and, if so, how/where?

On Jan 21, 2009, at 2:27 AM, Pratul Kalia wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Angela Byron 
> <drupal-docs at webchick.net
> > wrote:
>> The idea is that major efforts in the community (Drupal core, 
>> documentation, d.o redesign, etc. ) could create a series of sub- 
>> pages that explain to people who want to jump in where to do so. See 
>> (and
>> sub-pages) http://drupal.org/node/361846 as an example of what I 
>> mean.
>
> Brilliant idea I see! But will this section be only for Drupal 
> programming initiatives? Or more stuff as well?

It can be used for any community initiatives that need a space to summarize
and organize as it were. Things like the ongoing doc team projects would fit
neatly in here. They just need to create a new top- level child page as a
sibling to "Drupal core improvements".

>
>
>
> cheers
> pratul
>
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