On Fri, Aug 27, 2010, Nino Novak <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a bit lost when I try to imagine what is important to know for > easier/better/more contributing to the doc project. What could be done > to promote contributing??? > > I have only very few ideas at the moment: > > 1) Maybe, the instructions on the three websites should be better > synchronized: > http://www.oooauthors.org > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation > http://documentation.openoffice.org/
I think that what Jean Lockwood is doing will cover a lot of that. I will be contributing some outlines or flowcharts as well as other feedback, though I may not have much time until after 6 September. > 2) Maybe, the todo list should be organized in a more intuitive way so > that anybody could get a cleare picture what needs to be done and how > urgent it is. Yes, I definitely want to improve the todo lists, but have not had time to figure out a good way to do it that is also easy for everyone to update when they start or finish a task. Leaving such lists to Clayton or me to update means they are always out of date, and attempts to automate the creation and updating have, so far, resulted in very unintuitive lists. > 3) (Is there a mission statement anywhere?) "This project creates and maintains documentation in English for OpenOffice.org. Documentation includes user guides, FAQs, HowTos, application help, samples and templates and training materials." That's the closest we've got to a mission statement. > But these seem minor issues to me as contributing (i.e. writing from > scratch, or reviewing, or indexing, or even producing video tutorials) > needs time, commitment and kind of devotion to describing/clarifying a > certain area in OOo. And maybe also a good portion of altruism, I'd > say. But well, in most cases, it is pretty mixed with fun and > success :-) > So a question could be, how could we facilitate/enhance/stimulate > altruism, commitment, fun and success? I have been putting a lot of thought into this very question, but I have not had time to write down any specific ideas other than a mentoring program, which many people want but almost no one has the combination of time, interest, and knowledge to actually do the mentoring. I recommend "The Art of Community" by Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager, as a source of ideas; it is available as a free PDF download from http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/downloads/jonobacon-theartofcommunity-1ed.pdf or you can buy a printed copy or the Kindle edition from Amazon.com. Jean -- Jean Hollis Weber Co-Lead, OpenOffice.org Documentation Project --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
