[Bf-docboard] Current state of wiki updating.

[Fade]

I don't know about Ton, but Brecht usually documents whatever he's 
working on as he codes it so I'd imagine he's aware of the general lack 
of activity.

-Fade

On 09/01/12 16:05, Robert wrote:
> 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 still left with the incorrect and outdated pages.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
>>>

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