[Bf-docboard] Current state of wiki updating.

[Robert]

Has Ton, Brecht, or one of the main developers seen this problem yet?
-Robert
On 9/1/2012 10:19 AM, fade_docboard_blender at ymail.com wrote:
> 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 the incorrect and outdated pages.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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