[Bf-docboard] Wiki meeting topics

[Michelangelo Manrique]

Agree, count on me. I've some time again after some really busy months 
and I'd like to be back on this topic asap

Michelangelo aka magicland

El 25/01/2013 15:37, Nkansah Rexford escribió:
>
> I think I'm cool with Ton's point 1. The idea of admins are a good thing
>
> And as regards the old docs about 2.5x, taking them away is a nice 
> thing too.
>
> Some weeks ago I signed up to help o  that but got crashed up with work.
>
> Will get back to it as soon as possible
>
> On Jan 25, 2013 2:29 PM, "Ton Roosendaal" <ton at blender.org 
> <mailto:ton at blender.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Lots of activity on this list! I can't be involved daily
>     unfortunately, but it's a good practice for open/free projects to
>     facilitate and empower the people who do the actual work. :)
>
>     I would like to come back to a proposal I sent out some months
>     ago. Text copied below. Keep reading, there's also more stuff!
>
>     1) Admins
>
>     We could re-establish here a similar structure as we tried in past
>     - and what we do for the developers; appoint and empower an admin
>     board of 3 to 5 people.
>
>     The admins will typically not have to do a lot, but will help
>     defining decisions (when the team has no consensis) and be an
>     inspiring & positive force to make sure Blender's wiki keeps being
>     cool to work on! The admins can also be representing wiki to other
>     teams (to BF, at blender.org <http://blender.org>, conferences, etc).
>
>     In no way this is meant as a special status, nor is it showing
>     more appreciation as for the other volunteers; the roles are there
>     to make sure everyone in the wiki team can function optimal.
>
>     Based on current activity and what I've been advised, I propose:
>
>     Admins:
>     Kesten Broughton
>     Brendon 'meta-androcto' Murphy
>     Ivan 'greylica' Paulos Tomé
>
>     Other tasks:
>     Dan McGrath can assist as system admin
>     Francesco Siddi as graphics designer (skins, layout)
>
>     All open for discussion or feedback.
>
>     2) Wiki focus
>
>     - Cleanup of old docs
>
>     Since 2.50 we've keept most of the UI and features compatible
>     though, and that's not going to change for 2.6x versions either.
>     Also plans for 2.7x and later might not going to change Blender as
>     much as we had for 2.5.
>
>     For that reason, a first simplification of wiki would be kick out
>     (hide) old docs. The introduction of separate 2.5 and 2.6 tagged
>     docs is confusing too. A doc is either 'current' or 'outdated'.
>
>     - Limit structure to minimum
>
>     Formatting guidelines and templates and fancy wiki features should
>     help editors, to make work on wiki more pleasant, accessible, and
>     efficient (in that order :).
>     We can only get a good wiki with a large and enthusiast team. Add
>     structure and conventions only as a means to manage cases when too
>     much user activity is requiring it.
>
>     - Wiki is just a wiki
>
>     A good doc is a bare-bones, giving a simple and understandable
>     description of what a function in Blender does, and how to use it.
>     Just like how you end up on wikipedia looking up a fact, Blender
>     wiki is just our collective memory where you find stuff.
>     Ideally you could just land on a page via a button tip in Blender.
>
>     Secondary - maybe kept separate - tutorials can get space too. But
>     I would suggest to limit that.
>
>     3) Blender Foundation support
>
>     We do get donations and some sponsoring in, very regular even. I'm
>     still struggling with all expenses though, and my preference is to
>     (also) keep our development support at a high level.
>
>     I'm always open for ideas how to (financially) support work for
>     our docboard team though. This could also be via book contracts
>     (either BF publishing or a 3rd party publisher).
>
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     -Ton-
>
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