[Bf-docboard] Current state of wiki updating.

[fade_docboard_blender at ymail.com]

I know what you mean, I've got nearly 20 pages linked in the task list 
(http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Wiki_Tasks/Review_2.6_Manual) 
and again on my user page that haven't been reviewed. Some of these have 
been sitting there since the start of February. Waiting 7 months for a 
review has all but killed my interest in contributing. I'm also going to 
be *that guy* and say that I called it 
(http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-docboard/2012-February/003861.html).

I know that there was a lot of effort put into setting up this review 
process but it hasn't worked and doesn't look like it's going to. There 
simply aren't enough people with enough time to make this system work 
properly.

Keeping the task list is useful, but I'm inclined to think that it's 
time to ditch the whole review thing. At this point, it's just holding 
up improvements to the manual. I know that it was put in place for 
quality control, but it's had the opposite effect since none of the 
contributions are making it into the manual and we're still left with 
the incorrect and outdated pages.

The review system is just placing obstacles in front of current and 
potential contributors and I'd rather run the risk of some lower quality 
pages so that it's easier for people to contribute.

Cheers
Fade

On 08/28/12 01:20, Sascha wrote:
> I had posted updates for the strands, build modifier, particle mode, 
> and bake pages over 4 months ago, but they still haven't been reviewed
> I've really lost all momentum on wiki editing after this much time 
> waiting for a proof-read
>
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Materials/Properties/Strands
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Physics/Particles/Mode
>
>
> On 27/08/2012 1:12 AM, Wim Teuling wrote:
>> Hiya guys,
>>
>> Could anyone go over my pages, and review/comment on the content I 
>> have so far? Also, there doesn't seem
>> to exist any page explaining about units of measurement in Blender. I 
>> propose to add one to the Interface section.
>>
>> Units page (missing in the documentation):
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Interface/Units
>>
>> Edited Bevel modifier page (fluffy language removed, grammar mistakes 
>> removed, rewritten for the most part,)
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modifiers/Generate/Bevel
>>
>> Cheers & Thanks
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     *From:* Jim Tucker <jim.tucker at live.co.uk>
>>     *To:* bf-docboard at blender.org
>>     *Sent:* Sunday, August 26, 2012 9:38 AM
>>     *Subject:* [Bf-docboard] Current state of wiki updating.
>>
>>     Hi everyone,
>>     Both bf-docboard and blenderwiki IRC channel seem to be very
>>     quiet at present. Can anyone tell me if there is any Blender wiki
>>     updating work ongoing at present (apart from the review work of
>>     Kesten Broughton on the recent Game Engine updates)?
>>
>>     I HOPE there will be a whole raft of replies re. ongoing work
>>     that I dont know about!
>>
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