Fedora user testimonials

[John Mahowald]

I propose collecting user testimonials as a way to promote Fedora.
Actual people commenting on their experience can be a powerful
persuader.

Of course these would have to be anonymous unless otherwise specified.

Ways of collecting them could include an email address, web
forum/comment form, etc.

[Alex]

I think it is a good idea. We could have a page on fedoraproject.org
dedicated to user testimonials, and have people post stuff there.

For starters however, it always helps to populate the page with an entry or two.

Do you guys know anyone who would volunteer to tell their story in
100-300 words so we have something to post?

Cheers,
a

On 10/24/05, John Mahowald <jpmahowald(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  I propose collecting user testimonials as a way to promote Fedora.
>  Actual people commenting on their experience can be a powerful
>  persuader.
>
>  Of course these would have to be anonymous unless otherwise specified.
>
>  Ways of collecting them could include an email address, web
>  forum/comment form, etc.
>
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[John Mahowald]

On 10/27/05, Alex Maier <lxmaier(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  For starters however, it always helps to populate the page with an entry or two.
>
>  Do you guys know anyone who would volunteer to tell their story in
>  100-300 words so we have something to post?
>  
One place where people leave feedback is on the fedoraforum.org Fedora
Focus forum. Overall reviews are generally positive. Some of them may
be willing to leave their testimonial.

[David Barzilay]

I suggest having some sort of agreement before posting testimonials ;)

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 21:57 -0500, John Mahowald wrote:
>  On 10/27/05, Alex Maier <lxmaier(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > For starters however, it always helps to populate the page with an entry or two.
>  >
>  > Do you guys know anyone who would volunteer to tell their story in
>  > 100-300 words so we have something to post?
>  >
>  
>  One place where people leave feedback is on the fedoraforum.org Fedora
>  Focus forum. Overall reviews are generally positive. Some of them may
>  be willing to leave their testimonial.

[David Barzilay]

I meant before publishing...

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 13:03 +1000, David Barzilay wrote:
>  I suggest having some sort of agreement before posting testimonials
> ;)
>  
>  On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 21:57 -0500, John Mahowald wrote:
>  > On 10/27/05, Alex Maier <lxmaier(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  > >
>  > > For starters however, it always helps to populate the page with an entry or
> two.
>  > >
>  > > Do you guys know anyone who would volunteer to tell their story in
>  > > 100-300 words so we have something to post?
>  > >
>  > 
>  > One place where people leave feedback is on the fedoraforum.org Fedora
>  > Focus forum. Overall reviews are generally positive. Some of them may
>  > be willing to leave their testimonial.
>  
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[Karsten Wade]

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 13:05 +1000, David Barzilay wrote:
>  I meant before publishing... 
>  On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 13:03 +1000, David Barzilay wrote:
>  > I suggest having some sort of agreement before posting testimonials ;) 
I almost wrote a post yesterday suggesting that we have a process to
approve testimonials before publishing them.

Then I realized ... why bother?  That kind of control is typical of a
closed marketing organization.

I don't want to get into the game of suggesting alternate wording for
people's testimonials, as I'm sure happens in closed marketing.  I don't
even want to correct misspellings, grammatical errors, branding
mistakes, or anything.

Here is my idea:

1. Let people post their testimonials.
2. We have a few people who watch that Wiki page, and pull down any
inappropriate or intelligible posts.

Otherwise, we let people use their own words.  If they publish their
words to the Wiki, they are under the agreement/license that the Wiki
has. 

>  > On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 21:57 -0500, John Mahowald wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > One place where people leave feedback is on the fedoraforum.org Fedora
>  > > Focus forum. Overall reviews are generally positive. Some of them may
>  > > be willing to leave their testimonial. 
We can just link from wiki/Testimonials to the direct feedback in
fedoraforum.org, right?  Yes, it will also let people read the
associated forum discussion, which is a fine thing.

Then we don't have to ask for permission, as we are linking to something
they have already published.

If there are any really good ones, we can ask for permission to
republish on the Wiki.  Then we might need some sort of a minimal
agreement, or to specify a different license for the material.

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[Rahul Sundaram]

John Mahowald wrote:

> I propose collecting user testimonials as a way to promote Fedora.
> Actual people commenting on their experience can be a powerful
> persuader.
>
> Of course these would have to be anonymous unless otherwise specified.
>   
>  
Anonymous testimonals might get complaints of being faked. Otherwise a 
good idea.

> Ways of collecting them could include an email address, web
> forum/comment form, etc.
>   
>  
Are you willing to do this?

regards
Rahul

[John Mahowald]

On 10/31/05, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Are you willing to do this?
>  
Yes, I will persue a public page on the wiki.

[Alex]

Please add your user testimonials to this page:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/UserTestimonials

Two little rules:

1. Spell-check your post and read it twice before posting!
2. If you want to post a story already in existence on other site,
please LINK to it, but do not copy-paste the story on the page.

Thank you,
Alex

On 11/1/05, John Mahowald <jpmahowald(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On 10/31/05, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  > Are you willing to do this?
>  >
>
>  Yes, I will persue a public page on the wiki.
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[Patrick W. Barnes]

Alex Maier wrote:
>  Please add your user testimonials to this page:
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/UserTestimonials
>
>  Two little rules:
>
>  1. Spell-check your post and read it twice before posting!
>  2. If you want to post a story already in existence on other site,
>  please LINK to it, but do not copy-paste the story on the page.
>
>  Thank you,
>  Alex
>
>  On 11/1/05, John Mahowald <jpmahowald(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>    
> > On 10/31/05, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
> >     
> >> Are you willing to do this?
> >>
> >>       
> > Yes, I will persue a public page on the wiki.
> >
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>     
Hmm, John had already created a stub for such a page at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UserTestimonials.  I've redirected that
location to this new one.  We need to be more careful about duplicating
things, though.  :-P

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[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Am Sonntag, den 06.11.2005, 11:46 -0600 schrieb Patrick Barnes:
>  Hmm, John had already created a stub for such a page at
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UserTestimonials.  I've redirected that
>  location to this new one.  We need to be more careful about duplicating
>  things, though.  :-P 
Side note: We also need a better Web-Site navigation IMHO -- a sidebar
similar to the one on http://fedora.redhat.com/ (or something like that)
would be very helpful. Even I sometimes can't find information in the
wiki even if I know they are there somewhere.

Just my 2 cent. 
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Navigation in the wiki (Was: Re: Fedora user testimonials)

[Patrick W. Barnes]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>  Am Sonntag, den 06.11.2005, 11:46 -0600 schrieb Patrick Barnes:
>    
> > Hmm, John had already created a stub for such a page at
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UserTestimonials.  I've redirected that
> > location to this new one.  We need to be more careful about duplicating
> > things, though.  :-P
> >     
>
>  Side note: We also need a better Web-Site navigation IMHO -- a sidebar
>  similar to the one on http://fedora.redhat.com/ (or something like that)
>  would be very helpful. Even I sometimes can't find information in the
>  wiki even if I know they are there somewhere.
>
>  Just my 2 cent. 
>     
That's one of the first items on the agenda when the new
fedora-websites-list is working properly.  The issue of difficult
navigation of the wiki hierarchy will be addressed.

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[Alex]

+1

At the moment our only hope is to group pages under the categories, such as

Marketing
Marketing/Press
Marketing/Ambassadors
etc.

As soon as a page is out there "by itself," its chances of being found
rapidly decline.

a

On 11/6/05, Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora(a)leemhuis.info&gt; wrote:
>  Am Sonntag, den 06.11.2005, 11:46 -0600 schrieb Patrick Barnes:
>  > Hmm, John had already created a stub for such a page at
>  > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UserTestimonials.  I've redirected that
>  > location to this new one.  We need to be more careful about duplicating
>  > things, though.  :-P
>
>  Side note: We also need a better Web-Site navigation IMHO -- a sidebar
>  similar to the one on http://fedora.redhat.com/ (or something like that)
>  would be very helpful. Even I sometimes can't find information in the
>  wiki even if I know they are there somewhere.
>
>  Just my 2 cent.
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