On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 15:41 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Francis Earl wrote: > > I originally posted this to fedora-docs-list not knowing that was the > > wrong place for it... this is a copy and paste as I believe this list is > > more the correct place: > > > > I'm looking for somewhere to get started on the wiki, and I'm not sure > > where to proceed? > > > > This lead me to the Drafts wiki page, am I free to edit these pages as I > > see fit? What is the etiquette here? > > Yes you can but if you are making large changes either post to > fedora-docs list or talk to the authors enlisted. Do the changes > incrementally so folks can revert if necessary. > > > Just looking briefly at the "Getting Started" page, I believe a few > > improvements could be made. It's overtone is very professional, which is > > intimidating. I also think things like Graphic User Interface and Window > > Manager should provide links to wikipedia so the user can learn more > > about the topic if they wish. Wikipedia is provided in the Free Content > > bookmarks folder in Fedora 7t4, so I don't think that would be an issue? > > I think the wiki is the wrong place to try and explain such things > > though. > > You can add some minimal links where useful Sounds good, thank you... I'm mainly talking about things like my example, better explanations of things for those interested. > > Also, I don't see a way to upload images? There is a saying "a picture > > tells a thousand words", and I believe it's true. I don't even see a way > > to add images though? Screenshots (of a particular section of relevance > > on the desktop) would greatly clarify what things say, and provide an > > air of confidence for the user "I must be doing it right, it looks the > > same". > > Screenshots are a double edged sword at times. They make it hard for > translation. They are harder to keep updated. You can see some > discussions on appropriate usages in fedora docs list. I didn't really think about that... I'll see what I can find about it.
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