[fab] Building communities.... what *are* we doing?

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Tue Jun 27 15:10:40 UTC 2006


Michael Schwendt wrote:

>
>Even more funny (to me) is that I've found myself unable to quickly locate
>the page you refer to. Browsing the pages multiple times I arrive here:
>
>  http://fedora.redhat.com/Contribute/
>  -> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/Contributors
>
>With quite some more time spent browsing the (IMO too many pages), I
>finally found a reference in the FAQ:
>
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ
>  -> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted
>
>One thing that bugs me when discovering this, is that a project instance
>like FESCO has not been involved in this section, which covers
>_requirements for Fedora Extras contributors_. Hello
>  
>
Might as well as fix that now.

>IMO, this asks for even more restrictive access to public documentation
>pages like this as it could be _this_ page where potential contributors
>stop reading, because they believe they are not competent enough.
>
>We do have the possibility to create _links_ between pages. Hence it is
>beyond my comprehension why existing pages from Fedora Extras have not
>been linked. Surely documentation writers should not take over the
>recruiting for Fedora Extras. This is a case of over-ambitious filling
>of web pages with superfluous content. Excuse me. Less is more in this
>case.
>  
>
It does link to the Extras and PackagingGuidelines pages.

-- 
Rahul 






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