Hi Jim,<br><br>In a very old thread, someone (Ton?) had talked about splitting the wiki into Reference Manual (which only explains the controls- and nothing more), and User Manual (which explains the theory and shows how to use Blender); and a third "Tutorials" and/or "Video tutorials" section. <br>
<br>All of them were supposed to be interlinked, as they are complimentary to each another.<br><br>That was a wonderful idea. <br><br>I wonder if that concept is still valid? <br>If so, then the TOC (and also content) should be split accordingly.<br>
Then your gap analysis will show that there are many more pages to be written.<br><br>****<br>Regardless of how many docs are created, there is the question about how to fill up the blank pages quickly.<br><br>Any page is left blank because-<br>
(a) no one has authentic information about the topic (help needed from developers)<br>(b) It is a simple topic, but people just didn't have time to write it<br><br>How to know which is which?<br><br>Would it help if someone took the lead and dropped a few hints on each blank page?<br>
<br>Not all volunteers have the same knowledge/expertise level.<br>Therefore an expert-level volunteer should drop expandable hints on all pages. <br>Then the not-so-expert authors can expand those seminal hints.<br><br>Secondly, for topics that are unknown, drop specific questions for developers to answer.<br>
Once the developers furnish that data, people can expand that article.<br>(Without specific questions, how would they understand where their help is needed?)<br><br>I have written ten full-fledged manuals so far, and this approach has worked for me.<br>
<br>Just my two cents...<br><br>Regards,<br>Narayan<br>