Hello Dave, Sorry I didn't make myself clear enough. By "attachment in the Contributors Guide", I meant in the form of an appendix (2 pages max.) at the end of the book with some sort of starting guidance for beginners, no intention to propose big changes in the document. I just thought that it would be a good solution to standardize newcomers' work on reviews.
But I understand and agree with your point of view, there is a lot of work to do in more essential documents, and the team should be focused on finishing these. Best regards, Felipe Viggiano Em sex., 17 de jul. de 2020 às 16:30, DaveB <[email protected]> escreveu: > Hi Felipe, > > It's unclear what you mean by "attachment in the Contributors Guide". > Most of the steps you outline are covered in the Contributor Guide. > After all these years the Contributors Guide (both document and wiki) is > still work in progress. > > Not wishing to downgrade your idea, but now that there are finally an > almost reasonable number of team contributors and good progress being > made with the guides, what needs to be done is for the Documentation > Team to concentrate their efforts on completing the Contributors Guide > to sustain the momentum that has started in enlisting and supporting new > contributors. Drew's presentation is another useful move in this direction. > > Years ago I pushed for this as part of the effort to engage new > contributors, but it never achieved the necessary traction. So please do > not waste the opportunity you have now. > > Regards > Dave > > On 17/07/2020 19:18, Felipe Viggiano wrote: > > Hello Samantha, > > > > Thinking about new contributors, I'd like to make a suggestion. > > > > I am under the impression that you are a technical writer, is that > correct? > > So, what do you feel about putting a really simple procedure-like > > attachment in the Contributors Guide in order to direct the tasks for a > > beginner? > > > > It could be something very basic and clear, here's a little example for a > > new reviewer: > > > > "Step #1. Check if the cover is updated with the new template and > version; > > Step #2. Check if the number of pages is matching with the index; > > Step #3. Check if all the dates are spelling part or all of the month > > (According to Style Guide page 2) > > ... " > > > > I don't know, just thought that it could help newcomers (just like > myself) > > starting in the tasks and give a relief for the more experienced and > > professional ones, allowing them to focus on the advanced issues. > > > > Please, everyone in the list, feel free to comment about that. > > > > Best regards, > > Felipe Viggiano > > > > > > Em qui., 16 de jul. de 2020 às 16:33, Samantha Hamilton < > > [email protected]> escreveu: > > > >> Hello All, > >> > >> Just reflecting after the meeting today, re. Drew's presentation about > "how > >> new contributors should on-board," I was curious about the progress of > the > >> Contributors Guide. The Wiki ( > >> > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/User_Guides) > >> mentions chapters being revised. During my explorations on NextCloud, I > saw > >> that a newer Contributor Resources guide is in process. > >> > >> Jean - I noticed that you are helping to write these. Is there anything > you > >> need help with, by way of readthroughs or copyediting? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Sam > >> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
