[Bf-docboard] 2.5 Wiki Changes

[Raindrops From Sky]

Hi Luca,

Long ago I had tried to introduce direct edits here, but even then I
could not get around the sandbox hurdle. After that I finished two
whole manuals for two other projects, but Jared's sandbox seems to be
still frozen in time.

I decided to work on my own pdf because of the "sandbox" idea, which
IMHO is not supported by this team well (so ok they are busy
elsewhere, but that does not justify having to bear with our work
mothballed indefinitely in sandboxes. It just kills the creative joy.)

So while my edit page does look empty,  I am an experienced
help-writer with SEVEN help manuals under my belt. I always do quality
job that earns readers' appreciation. And I want to work at blazing
speed, without interruption (and the sandbox way does not match with
that work ethos).

I leave it to you whether to consider my inputs, but I'd prefer to
look at their merit. To allow inputs only from "large contributors" is
a bit too much. And if you count my contribution to the other
freeware, I AM a fully paid-up member of the club. :)

I am not averse to contribution at the site itself; as long as
somebody doesn't sandbag me (er- mean to say "sandbox") . :D

The SEO area seems to be without any sandboxes; so I decided to
contribute there.

On 11/7/11, mindrones <mindrones at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Narayan,
>
> I'd prefer that decisions regarding blender's wiki are made by people
> that have done significant work (meaning with a good amount of
> contributions in the wiki itself) and following the rules we have.
>
> Rules can be discussed of course, but IMHO by people that have already
> followed the current ones for a while, and have a significant experience
> and history in this wiki.
>
> I don't really want to be harsh, but I don't see many edits in your user
> page :/
>
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Raindrops
>
> I think it is understandable that there is a difference among people
> doing real work and people having opinions, no offense.
>
>
> On 11/07/2011 06:06 AM, Raindrops From Sky wrote:
>
>> But in our case, Blender itself has changed drastically (say Cycles,
>> Dynamic Paint, Dope sheet,  etc.). Therefore the wiki structure NEEDS to
>> change.
>
> New topics aren't a change (Cycles, Dynamic Paint).
> Dopesheet represent a change, but that's just a small part of the whole
> manual.
>
>
>> Jared had taken that initiative long ago, but those suggestions have
>> remained in sandbox for a very very very long time now.
>
> Bastien has waited several months before someone had the time to review,
> it's normal, because this is a volunteering project.
>
>
>> It is this inflexibility that led me to making the manual in pdf form,
>> which is already making good progress.
>
> Stating that you work on your own manual and pretending to make
> decisions here is a bit weird IMHO.
>
>
>> P.S. I had earlier suggested that I would like to work on SEO (I
>> purposely mentioned ONLY the "description" meta tag, because Google uses
>> it to show the queried terms in bold. If we can decide the strategy
>> about how to formulate it, I can work on those tags, either alone or as
>> part of SEO team.)
>
> There is a thread about SEO now, please reply there, thanks :)
>
>
>> According to Google SEO guidelines, having a site map helps SEO, which
>> should be made/updated frequently to reflect the current state of the
>> website. So running that map-maker script periodically would help our SEO.
>
> As stated, this is in the todo.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Luca
>
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