Writing Tasks

[Eric Christensen]

On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 13:41 +1000, Scott Radvan wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:18:43 -0400
> Eric Christensen <eric at christensenplace.us> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 11:50 +1000, Ryan Lerch wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Is a list of possible writing tasks for fedora documentation listed
> > > anywhere? I am looking at jumping into doing some writing for fedora
> > > docs, and I am unsure where to start.
> > > 
> > > What would be perfect is if there is a list of chapters or sections
> > > that i could research and document for an existing book that is in
> > > development. Does that exist anywhere?
> > > 
> > > cheers,
> > > ryanlerch
> > > 
> > 
> > Ryan,
> > There is always the Guide table[1].
> > 
> > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_guides_table
> > 
> > Eric
> 
> The guides table is without a doubt a good thing, but I'm thinking of
> someone coming from a new member's perspective who might be unsure of
> where to get started and sends a similar email to Ryan's. 
> 
> This table would be a pretty overwhelming thing for them to get their
> feet wet with.
> 
> Ryan has a good idea - wondering if there is a way to divide things up
> and distribute tasks by section/chapter or at even more granular levels
> to quickly get new members more familiar with the content, the writing
> styles that are best, Publican itself and to give them an impression
> that even from the start, they are immediately having a positive impact
> on content.
> 
> I think this would motivate new members to stick around and develop
> that writing into much larger, independent books.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 

Yeah, that makes sense although I wonder how often a table like that
would get updated to reflect actual.  If someone looked at the guide
table and saw the SELinux User guide they could contact you and say they
were interested and you could then point them towards a section/chapter.

--Eric
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