Hi all,
If person is interested in contributing, the menu system on the home page of
the libreoffice website takes him to the mailing lists.
He lands smack in the middle of posts (in fact, to the OLDEST post), not
knowing what to do next.
Sifting through the mail list
(http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/documentation/mail4.html) is a royal pain in
the neck.
This is too complicated; and may discourage many people from helping out.
Luckily, we are only 2 months down the road, so it is not too late.
We can easily correct the website before more people become aware of LiBo; come
to help; and get stymied by a poor website layout.
Here is my suggestion:
The volunteer should be taken to a separate L2 page, which gives him the
precise picture:
1. What roles are being offered, and what he can do in each role. (Let him
decide for himself.)
2. For the chosen role, the step-by-step process
(For example, how to pick a doc for editing, how to submit it for comments,
how comments are collected, how version conflicts are avoided, how the document
is deemed to be "ready", how to find the templates, how to propose a new
document, how to propose a new chapter in an existing document, etc..)
3. Link to a FAQ which each joinee may ask (e.g. "how do I...?", "why not...?")
4. Links to the source OOo docs, and where the edited "WIP" drafts (for LiBo)
are to be stored.
And finally, please let a visitor know where to file a bug or suggestion for
documentation.
(In fact, there is no link whatsoever for a bug-tracker for LiBo itself, but
that's another issue: I am focusing on docs here.)
-Narayan
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