On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:58:21 -0500 auto generate <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, > @Sam: you're right, it's not just the Wiki, it's the whole website. > Not that it shouldn't contain the technical jargo - that's essential - > but maybe there could be a way to highlight a term on every page, > click a shortcut on the keyboard or on the site, and go to an > explanation of it, and then be returned to the original spot. That > could be done for words, processes, etc. Maybe someone (me and other Can you give an example of a site that does this? > newbies?) could suggest places where a general discussion/explanation > of the process(es) or words could be accessed by a newbie, or even a > more experienced, but not very technical person. Someone somewhere Depending on how this is applied, this could be interesting to follow up. > (in the forum or mailing list) once said that it's all about > education. It could be that gNS.org will have to accept another > role, that of education for the non-technical, at least insofar as > gNS is concerned. Maybe each page could have a dedicated corner for What would you say its current role is? > anyone to use to clarify what the heck is being talked about, on that > particular page. It could be like a help link for that page. That Anything under wiki.gnewsense.org *is* editable by anyone. If it needs clarification, fix it. > would surely help me. It would give me hope. haha > > On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 23:25 +0100, Sam Geeraerts wrote: > > Auto Generate schreef: > > > Here's an example of how the language on the site is a problem > > > for me: > > > > > > I just now found the installation instructions for the live CD. > > > I clicked on Wiki and there it was. Matt Flaschen told me in an > > > email how to load gns. Basically just stick it in the drive and > > > reboot, making sure the computer will read the CD drive first. > > > Or something like that. Anyway, I didn't know what a Wiki was, > > > so i didn't look there. Maybe there could be something written on > > > the Wiki button to explain what it is. Like "instructions"? > > > Just guessing here. > > > > > > Or maybe it's better to leave things as they are, and if people > > > want to use the tool (computer w/software), let them struggle to > > > learn about it. After all, the software is free, not easy. > > > Nothing valuable is easy to come by. > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > Thanks for your comments, Patrick. We know that the wiki is > > generally in a state of, uhm, being not so good, especially for > > less technical people. One problem is that not a lot of people like > > editing the wiki or that they don't know how to do it well (I'm one > > of them). The other problem is that most of the people who do edit > > the wiki are geeks, who take some stuff for granted. > > > > That's why experiences from newbies (like you) are valuable. They > > make us see that some things are not obvious to everybody. By > > adjusting to your needs we can make gNewSense available to a much > > wider audience. > > > > So I guess "wiki" indeed doesn't say much to a lay person. > > "Documentation" maybe doesn't completely cover it all, but is a > > much more accessible term. Opinions, anyone? > > > > This probably not the only thing that could use some clarification. > > -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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