[FM discuss] FM to be at wikimania

[adam hyde]

one thing i do wonder is what would be the experience of someone wanting
to contribute...specifically i wonder if they would know what to do. 

I thought about these options:
* put some kind of text on 'home' of each edit section which describes
what needs to be done. for example, at:
http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/DarwinStreamingServer/WebHome

there could be a 'todo' list at the top of the page...edited only by the
project maintainer...this would perhaps point out pages that need
content/editing/layout etc

* put a 'progressbar' on each manual edit homepage or each manual
page...


it would mean a bit more work for the maintainer, to check things and
keep it up to date...

what do you think?

adam







On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 13:30 +1000, Mr. Snow wrote:
> ¡hola!
> 
> good work on securing the invite and the funding !
> 
> yes, floss is ready . like all good projects, its in release, pending  
> updates .
> 
> also, like julian, hoping *not* to come across as *horribly shallow*  
> my desire is to provide a pdf of the logo, url and/or slogan for  
> screen printing t-shirts, adhering to bumpers and nailing to doors .  
> gratis of course . with some sort of colour guide, obviously *not*  
> pantone colours .
> 
> there, <2c .
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/07/2007, at 9:35 AM, Julian Oliver wrote:
> 
> > hola list,
> >
> > ..on or around Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 07:24:36PM +0200, adam hyde said:
> >>
> >> Good news...it seems FM is going to be at Wikipedias Wikimania
> >> conference in Taiwan next month!! :)
> >
> > congratz!
> >
> >>
> >> I made a proposal to do a workshop on writing free documentation  
> >> and it
> >> was accepted:
> >> http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:AH1
> >>
> >> Of course its quite a long trip and expensive, so I was not sure if I
> >> could go unless I could find some funds for the travel. I  
> >> discussed the
> >> opportunity with Rene Post from Cleanbits (cleanbits.nl) a socially
> >> oriented business (it certifies if ISPs are carbon neutral) and he  
> >> has
> >> offered to pay my ticket!
> >>
> >> so! its on for Aug 3,4,5...
> >>
> >> There is also a presentation that I will give about the aims of  
> >> FM, the
> >> good work everyone has been doing on the manuals, and how it all  
> >> works.
> >>
> >> Having FM present at the conference is a fantastic opportunity.   
> >> As well
> >> as being extremely informative it offers a chance to get in the  
> >> middle
> >> of this wikimania and highlight what we are doing and the  
> >> importance of
> >> filling the free documentation void.
> >>
> >
> > good words..
> >
> >> The Wikimania event could also be a good time to mark a bigger  
> >> push for
> >> raising our profile...what do you guys think? Is the FM ready for it?
> >> Does FM need to be improved in terms of the site, editing processes,
> >> functionality? Is the site sending out the right message?
> >>
> >
> > i think it's ready. looking over the manuals the quality and style is
> > good and good overall. i would like to make the time to add another  
> > section
> > before hand - as a personal ambition - but believe it's ready now
> > nonetheless.
> >
> > my only thought might be whether it'd be wise to come up with an  
> > agreed
> > FM formatting convention: footnotes, typography and image sizes seem a
> > little varied across the manuals. perhaps this isn't a problem, let  
> > alone
> > something to enforce. personally speaking, i tend to find  
> > continuity in
> > these areas give me - as a regular reader of technical documentation -
> > greater confidence in the material in general.
> >
> > if one of the objectives of FM is to provide printable  
> > documentation for
> > purpose of redistribution and/or archiving, perhaps formatting is
> > something to pay special attention to.
> >
> > (worth mentioning that my own hack-and-slash approach to formatting  
> > should
> > not be taken as an example.. i'm far from good at it and welcome those
> > with real experience in this area to give me working advice.)
> >
> >> It would be good to have this discussion so that if there is  
> >> agreement
> >> fm should use the conf as a catalyst to raise our profile then I have
> >> time to implement changes before wikimania...
> >>
> >
> > regarding the documentation release license, i'm in favour of a GPL
> > doc license but as yet undecided (mostly due to not having read it  
> > yet)
> > about the GPLv3 over the good 'ol battle-tested GPLv2.
> >
> > when i write the new section for FM i will be publishing some code and
> > will place that under a GPLv2 or v3 license. for this reason the
> > convenience of my documentation being released under the same  
> > license is
> > pretty desireable: examples/art/docs in one tarball under one license.
> >
> > choice,
> >
> > julian
> >
> > Gijon, Asturias, Spain.
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