On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 09:54 -0500, Daniel Bartholomew wrote: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:14:34 -0500 > Shaun McCance <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shaun> Hi all, > Shaun> > Shaun> What are your thoughts on adding stub articles/sections to the > Shaun> KB? For example, adding an article for how to specify account > Shaun> names without actually writing the content, along with a note to > Shaun> whoever comes along about what the article should contain. > Shaun> > Shaun> I've seen stubs work well in other docs efforts. They're an easy > Shaun> way for contributors to cherry pick work. But with the > Shaun> "everything is always published" model of a wiki-like KB, stubs > Shaun> can be annoying to average readers, like a 90s-esque "under > Shaun> construction" banner. > Shaun> > Shaun> Thoughts? > > I'm fine with the idea of stubs, as long as they don't get lost or > forgotten about. They are a good way to encourage participation and > plot a course for what to add to the KB next. > > To keep track of them, we could add a checkbox to the edit page to mark > whether or not a page is considered a stub, and then have a special > page that lists all stubs.
Instead of a boolean flag for stubs, how about an enum field for status? Stubs would be one status. This could help you keep track of which pages you've thoroughly reviewed, for example. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
