On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:22:37 -0700, "Dale Bewley"
<dlbewley(a)lib.ucdavis.edu> said:
Hello,
I started with a couple of noteworthy threads on the fedora-xen list and
put the following very preliminary draft together in the last couple
hours.
Excellent stuff Dale. I can't convey adequately how happy it makes me
just as a reader to get this summary.
Is there a consensus on where I could/should park this on the wiki
while
under construction?
Just where you have it in Virtualization is great.
Any comments on my structure/methodology so far? Some threads can
get
quite detailed and I'm sure it's not expected that they all get the same
level of treatment for FWN.
Yes, it's a difficult problem. Probably erring on the side of concision
is the answer. It's very hard to do though as some technical nuances
really can't be expressed concisely without completely butchering the
argument/discussion and I struggle constantly with it for the
Development beat. I just edited what you've saved so far and have some
minor comments:
1. It's great. You're using voice and tense correctly. It reads
smoothly and it's not too long.
2. I think that in general the actual URL references should go below
each paragraph in which they are cited. This makes it easier for readers
scrolling down the screen to not have to scroll down and then back up.
(Obviously this doesn't apply with the HTML version on the wiki, but I
suspect significant numbers of people read the plaintext mailshot.)
3. Fedora project email lists should be referred to as @whatever-list
4. Again, it's great. Thank you.
I would like to make the summaries more useful by linking to related
articles in the wiki. Is this kosher?
Yes, I think that provides enhanced depth to the article and draws
readers further into the pre-existing Fedora Project information
ecosystem. Perhaps some of them will even edit the wiki pages!
Also, I applied to the fedora-news group on FAS and look forward to
membership approval and doing what I can.
Excellent! Keep it up.
--
Oisin Feeley
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OisinFeeley