+1 for a big list of all contributors.... Ranking/Rating is like measuring and comparing penis size. It's meaningless for the majority of people reading the docs and serves only as an ego boost for the *ahem* big committers and inspires penis envy in the not-so-big committers.
We don't really need that in OpenSource :-) --Wez. On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:56:10 +0000 (GMT), Philip Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about this, have that list include the people on the > frontpage and simply title it: > > Contributors to the PHP Manual > > Inactive or not, all of these people are contributors. Sure > some people will be listed in both places but not many. > > Regards, > Philip > > > > > On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > > >>>>So, allow users to opt out of the "inactive" page. > > >>>>Would that solve the problem? > > >>> > > >>>Or better word it so that it does not indicate that the listed people > > >>>are *completely* inactive currently. > > >> > > >>Just remove this whole section. > > > > > > s/section/pthrase I mean > > > > > > Especially this part looks bad: > > > Authors and Editors > > > > > > Although not active currently, the following contributors made a big > > > impact with adding content to the manual previously: > > > > Well, once again I am not much proficient in politics, and all this > > crediting stuff evolves around politics. Since noone else took up the > > job of crediting current contributors, someone needed to do so. Since I > > am not a native English speaker, I might have used wording which is > > offensive. The points I tried to summarise into the short sentences on > > the contributions page are: > > > > - those listed on the frontpage are definitely *not the only* > > valuable people, but those who are currently *most active* > > > > - those listed on the frontpage plus those listed on the > > contributors page are *still not the only* valuable > > people, but those, who have been the most busy people > > around phpdoc still its beginning > > > > - there are still more people who we not list, but provided > > valuable stuff (heck, even the unnamed manual user note > > submitters are thanked for their work!) > > > > I mean that we look positively on all the people we have listed, and we > > even look positively on those people who have not been possible to > > include in those lists. Just for the manual to be accurate and actual, > > we need to have active people who fix bugs, add new function > > documentations, etc. And PHP being actively developed and bugfixed, and > > outdated - albeit proficiently written - documentation does not help > > users much, we need people to be *active*. We need lots of activity, > > since we have a lot of tasks to do. Those listed on the frontpage are > > the most active, although the actives are not limited to those. > > > > I would appreciate if someone with better English skills would reword > > those entities, so they fit into the positive image the whole crediting > > is supposed to be under. > > > > BTW there are some people getting active very recently, like Sean Coates > > or Dave Barr, although they have no such problem as being listed as > > 'inactives', since they have not contributed such an invaluable amount > > of value to the manual like you Sara (which entitled you to be listed). > > > > Goba > > >
