I've just updated the wiki homepage, restoring a few pieces of content from the older page. I agree most of the old content wasn't relevant any more, so the changes are mostly about the tone of the page. Hopefully the content in the new version is a little more inviting to newcomers.
I'm sure there are other improvements that could be made - in particular, I think the release process section could benefit from a little more elaboration, highlighting the fact that 1.8 development is underway. Suggestions welcome! Russ %-) On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Russell Keith-Magee < [email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Aymeric Augustin < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Russell, >> >> It seemed to me that this page wasn't nearly as good an introduction to >> contributing to Django as the contributing guide from the official docs, so >> I trimmed it and pointed to the docs instead. >> >> In fact, I started by removing incorrect or outdated information — for >> instance, the workflow described in the page dated back to the pre-git era, >> replacing get_absolute_url appeared to be the main current project while no >> one has worked on it for years, etc. A few minutes later there was so >> little left that I simply rewrote the page. >> >> Generally speaking, I don't believe we'll ever manage to keep the wiki >> sufficiently accurate and up to date to make it useful. Last year I tried >> to look for spam links (with a script) and scrub them, but there were so >> many that I gave up. In my opinion, the viable alternative to our >> self-hosted wiki is called the World Wide Web :-) >> >> Feel free to restore and perhaps update the previous content. I believe >> it did more harm than good, but as long as it remains clear that you need >> to authenticate before you can file a ticket, we'll be all right! >> >> Hi Aymeric, > > Your reasoning makes sense - I can't argue that some of the content there > was a bit stale. However I think there's a middle ground - that particular > page is the landing page for people who want to contribute, so it needs a > bit more than a curt "get thyself a github account". > > I'll work on improving what's there. > > Russ %-) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAJxq849niPEps6V16eSwXedvBF3UC2NfpLSHxS7PE-JA5nF%3DsQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
