<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Edith Rivero Tupac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erivero.tupac@gmail.com" target="_blank">erivero.tupac@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font color="#000000">Hi everyone:</font></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#351c75">On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Chris Murphy <<a href="mailto:lists@colorremedies.com" target="_blank">lists@colorremedies.com</a>> wrote:</font></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#351c75">> - - I'm used to being ruthless when editing other people's work, and unoffended when I get back work a majority of which has been marked up for edits. I don't know if that's a possible barrier (real or imagined).</font></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000">I support Chris Murphy's opinnion. Because as a new contributor i find important receive answers/feedback even if they ask for rewrite a huge amount of work done with the objective of good results in documentation.</font></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000">Something i really found encouraging was when i received an e-mail from Jaromir Hradilek (thank you!) to be a contributor. That made me feel confident and responsible to understand tools. Then I have worked in bugs (yet, simple ones) and send docummentation to solve them. But it would be very rewarding if i received feedback form owners about what i did, even this feedback requires lots of corrections. I am working to add some content through git, i am not sure if that will help, i hope so.</font></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000">Regards,</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<font color="#000000">Edith Rivero</font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is an area that could use some improvement. When I started working on Docs (that seems like ages ago) the mentoring process was stronger then it is now. John (jjmcd), Sparks, and Jared (jsmith) did a fantastic job helping me learn the workflows and processes of the team, but over time I think that as a whole we have regressed. That is not to say that people are not doing a good job helping others learn, but as a team we are not as strong. I am just as guilty as anyone else, I have seen dozens if not hundreds of people join the group who I have not helped one bit. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Sparks has tried to "reboot" the mentor process but I don't know how well that has worked. I think that the tutorial videos he is working on will help, but ultimately having someone (or multiple people) taking time to looking over their work and help them get started is a powerful motivator to keep going. The key is to keep people interested and show them they are helping. Fedora as a whole has always said that getting people to contribute is important because it provides a sense of ownership and keeps people engaged, its no different for any subgroup. I think most of us have had times when life has been busy and we are not around a lot, but the sense of ownership and responsibility brings us back when we can. (At least that is the case for me.)</div>
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