>From my perspective even someone who has just visited the documenation can help make it better. Sure, they still have to decide that they want to, but that does not mean they cannot contribute. Imagine someone new coming to the community and rather than saying "wow, the documenation is no good" says "hey I had trouble understanding the chapter on controllers, could someone detail what the actions do? Maybe you could split up the chapter in three seperate sections." Here is an example of someone who knows nothing about the framework, but already has made a valuable contribution to the documentation efforts by providing their first impressions with explanations rather than explitives.
To me there are three things we have to keep in mind. 1. If you are new to the communtiy you will have a lot more luck getting answers if you tell others what is good, then go into what is confusing, rather than coming out an telling someone that the effort they put in for free is terrible. 2. Blanket over generalization from new members and old does not help raise the level of understanding for anyone. i.e. saying "This stinks." does not nothing but enrage, while saying "This stinks because x, y, z" helps create the perspective for others to understand. 3. We are all in this together. We are all trying to make our lives a little easier. We are all trying to move things forward. Everyone can contribute to these efforts, from first timers to advanced users. Perspective is very important for everyone to keep in mind especially as the community grows. Being patient and appreciating others for helping is just as important as providing advice that is understanding of the other perpsective. I could go into a long winded explanation of what makes open source thrive, but to save time I will tell you that "Give me this" or "This is horrible" statements are not found anywhere in the explanation. Thanks go out to all those who contribute explanations rather than statments similar to those mentioned immediately above. Cake is thriving and it has everything to do with this great community. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
