On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Frederick Grose <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Iain Brown Douglas < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I invite you to review and edit my contribution ... >> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Inkyfingers/Getting_Started%280%29 >> >> My starting point: >> >> 1. Target audience. Experimentally minded non technical >> individual/family with no previous linux experience. Viewable on any >> browser. >> >> 2. I am still uncertain about the <- Linked pages -> format I have used. >> My objective was to improve orientation. >> >> 3. I well recognise that if adopted this contribution would increase >> duplication. >> >> Is there an existing road map for improving entry level material on the >> wiki? >> >> 4. How to improve intermediate level presentation? >> a) the page could move on to intermediate level topics, such as >> listed >> below. >> b) "Getting started" could be limited to Sugar_on_a_Stick? >> >> 5. How to deal with intermediate level and avoid duplication on the >> wiki. >> For instance, >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Supported_systems >> >> (a page I have so far excluded) starts ok ... is there a mechanism >> to archive and regenerate pages? >> > > The wiki inherently maintains an archive visible on the 'View history' tab > of any page. Any historical version can be visited (or even linked to) by > following (or copying) the time-dated link. Any content from the past can > be copied (after clicking the edit tab) to new content or, if the > historical page is saved, that version becomes the current version. > > When an historical page is edited, this warning appears, "*Warning: You > are editing an out-of-date revision of this page.* If you save it, any > changes made since this revision will be lost." > The later statement about losing changes only applies to the content of > the new page; all the changes are still available in the page history. > I've updated the system message to the following: *Warning: You are editing an out-of-date revision of this page.* If you save it, any changes made since this revision will not be in the final page. > No one should worry about causing irrecoverable loss of content or format > through their efforts to improve the wiki. > > --Fred > > >> >> Example of intermediate level topics. >> >> Cannot boot from USB - detail of a CD bootimage and have USB rootfs, or >> run from CD, using a USB for storage. >> >> Link to Fedora hard drive install. >> >> Anaconda, liveinst to USB. Is this a superior method? >> >> Regards. >> Iain, aka inkyfingers >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >
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