[Sophie suggested that I ping this list regarding the Wiki Help...] Hi all,
I've been doing some QA prep work for our upcoming Bugzilla migration and I've noticed that we have a few different names for the same online help/wiki resource, and that's confusing. I suggest that we pick one name and standardize on it everywhere. Here are a sampling of some of the names and examples of their use: => Wikhelp/WIKIHELP This one is used on the wiki and in the bugtracker: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Wikihelp https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Components/Documentation/Extended_Help => Wiki Help This one is in the Template:Menu on the wiki: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Template:Menu => The Help Wiki Mentioned in the blurb for the 'Documentation' component in Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=LibreOffice&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&component=Documentation => Online Help This name is given on the wiki, alongside "Wikihelp": https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Website/Web_Sites_services => LibreOffice Help The menu option in LibreOffice itself (Help -> LibreOffice Help). The help site itself (main page) in the form "LibreOffice Help" and "Welcome to LibreOffice Help!" => LibreOffice Application Help This help site itself (main page) - "Thank you for using the LibreOffice application help" --- One of the issues with the term 'wiki' is that it's very generic. We have our "regular" wiki at wiki.documentfoundation.org, but we don't call it the TDF wiki or the LibreOffice Wiki[1], we just call it "the wiki," which makes the term "Wikihelp" slightly more ambiguous, especially for newcomers to the project. Some people might think the name "Wikihelp" refers to help for our wiki. Some might guess from the name that it's a generally-editable wiki. But neither are true. The term "Online Help" avoids the term "wiki," but I feel like it could be a bit more descriptive. A couple of ideas off the top of my head: * Online Help Pages * Online Help Reference Because we use the same content to generate the local help, it would behoove us to choose a name that conveys that connection, e.g. Online Help Pages -> Local Help Pages We want users to instantly recognize that what they're looking at online is related to what they have available inside LibreOffice (and vice-versa). We could further emphasize that connection by differentiating the names in logos/etc: ONLINE Help Pages -> LOCAL Help Pages In LibreOffice itself, the menu option could be "LibreOffice Help Pages." Thoughts? Cheers, --R [1] To be fair, the front page of the wiki does say "Welcome to the wiki of The Document Foundation", however I've heard "LibreOffice Wiki", "TDF Wiki", and "the Wiki", with the last term being the most prevalent. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
