[Bug-gnupedia] Re: How to get contributions (was: just HTML??)

[Dan Geiser]

Hi, Hector,
I wouldn't necessarily think that e-mail was the *best* option either.
But can't it be an option for starters and then we can ramp up to better 
alternatives from there?  At least with e-mail we can semi-confirm the 
e-mail address of the sender.

And if the parser which is located at that e-mail address is rejecting 
submissions that aren't in the correct format then doesn't that solve the 
issue of submission being received in the incorrect format?  And also verify 
the required information?

By the way is everyone decided now that the first step in this whole process 
is standardizing on the Article Submission methodology?

Thanks,
Dan

> Email is *not* definitelly the best option. In this week we had some 
> troubles with that (people send them in any format, without the required 
> basic information, etc). We are going to keep that method, but I think we 
> shall start giving a more user-friendly submission method.
>
> On Tuesday 23 January 2001 21:06, you wrote:
>
> > Hello, All,
> > Can I make a suggestion?  It's fine that you want to store the > 
> articles in format X and search them in format Y and index them in > format 
> Z, etc. but just to start out with the simplest case can't a > plain text 
> form be created which people can then download and > complete and submit?

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