Re: [gNewSense-users] Website skin updated

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That's some great guidance, Sam, and I'm going to follow it.  I'll go
play in the sandbox and see what's what.  Then I'll start with the
maintenance stuff, see how that goes.

Cool, a project!  Thanks!

On 3/3/09, Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> help.  I haven't actually offered to help, but I am now.  I want to
>> help.  I can write clearly and logically.  I'm a non-technical person.
>> I would like to help add some explanations where a non-technical person
>> might need them.  I thought that I might need to work with a technical
>> person closely in doing this, because he/she would have to explain
>> things to me.  I am willing to learn how to do technical things that
>> will allow me to do this kind of work without using the technical
>> person's time 100% of the time.  For example, learning how to edit the
>> Wiki, although I don't know anything I would do there.  I generally want
>> to help, but don't have any specific ideas.  I know it's been difficult
>> for me because programming is not my thing.  Maybe there's nothing I can
>> do. Maybe I need guidance (duh).
>>
>
> Being able to write clearly and logically is a valuable skill. It's not
> one of my strong points, which is why I don't do much work on
> documenation in the wiki.
>
> Learning how to edit the wiki is not hard. In fact, the whole purpose of
> wikis is to make editing easy. Read the formatting rules [1] and
> experiment as much as you want in the sandbox [2]. You'll be amazed at
> how quickly you can pick it up, even without technical skills.
>
> Once you get the hang of it you can start with small maintenance tasks
> (I'm sure there are still lots of spelling/grammar mistakes all over the
> place). If you feel more confident you make the documentation more
> accessible by getting the structure into some sane shape.
>
> You don't always have to understand all the words on a page to know how
> it should find into the whole. And if there are things that you feel do
> require more technical knowledge, just ask about it on the mailing list.
> That would bring it to the attention of people who would otherwise not
> have seen it or would not have cared as much about it to do something
> about it. It could also make people think "hey, I know the answer to
> that, I can help" and so would go from regular user to active contributor.
>
> So don't dissmiss your own capabilities that easily. Anyone can help. If
> you don't know how to get started, ask for help. If you haven't gotten
> an answer after a while (or one that satisfied you), ask again, but be
> more specific (about skills, interests, things you think could use more
> help, ...) or ask on a different communication channel. Don't take on
> too much at once, but don't be afraid to make mistakes either. If people
> point out your mistakes, don't take it personally, but think about their
> criticism.
>
> I'm starting to sound like that Baz Luhrmann record, so I'll just stop here.
>
> [1] http://wiki.gnewsense.org/PmWiki/TextFormattingRules
> [2] http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Main/WikiSandbox
>
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