Hi Vincent, Please, allow me to forward this message to the people working with XWiki here. The problem you are describing has a fractal component: it is reproduced again and again at any structure level wherever you find a working group. And it not only apply to XWiki issues, of course!
I will try to follow this method as much as possible and encourage others not to stick to our small group circle and try to contribute with their doubts and finding to the growth of XWiki community. Thanks and cheers, Ricardo Vincent Massol wrote: > In order to be as efficient as possible in answering questions and so > that the answer benefit others the most we had defined a strategy. > It's written on > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Contributing#HStrategiesforansweringontheXWikilists > > Here's the relevant excerpt: > > " > 1.1 Strategies for answering on the XWiki lists > > Here's a good strategy that improves the XWiki documentation on > xwiki.org: > 1. someone (A) asks a question on a xwiki list > 1. someone (B) knows the answer > 1. B verifies that the answer can be found on xwiki.org and if so > gives a link to it in the reply to A > 1. If the answer is not found on xwiki.org, then B adds it (*) and > then gives a link to it in the reply to A > > In this manner we all enrich the xwiki documentation and it'll only > take marginally longer to answer questions. The next time someone asks > the question again we can simply point him/her to the location on > xwiki.org > > What happens otherwise is that usually people answer in the email, > often giving very long and elaborate answers with lots of knowledge/ > wisdom in it. Then another person comes in, asks the same question and > we answer again, etc. The result is: > * the xwiki.org documentation is not better > * overall as a team we are less efficient > > (*) One difficult in putting the answer on xwiki.org is to find the > right location where to put it. So here are a few tips: > * For code snippets, add it to the [Code Zone>code:Main.WebHome] > * For questions on how to use XWiki, please add it to the [Features > guide>platform:Features.WebHome] > * For development questions, add it to the [Developer's > guide>platform:DevGuide.WebHome] > * For configuration questions and administration questions, add it to > the [Administration guide>platform:AdminGuide.WebHome] > * For other questions, add them to the [FAQ>xwiki:FAQ.WebHome] > " > > I've seen a lot of emails recently where we're not doing this (me > included) and thus I thought it would be to remind us all about > strategy. Also xwiki.org hasn't been improved a lot for a while so > it's good to make an effort to do so. Could be a good thing to do > especially during the bug fixing week. > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > -- Ricardo RodrÃguez Your EPEC Network ICT Team _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
