On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 19:44 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 07:24:13PM -0700, Ian MacGregor wrote: > > Greetings, > > Ian MacGregor here, I'm the wiki tender for the Fedora Classroom. > > > > I have been asked several times lately about how to edit the Fedora > > Wiki. Some folks are finding typo's and grammar errors and wish to help > > improve the wiki but don't know how to edit or are unfamiliar with the > > mediawiki syntax. > > > > Currently there is a request for a "How to use the fedoraproject.org > > wiki" class on the classroom page. I do not yet have the expertise to be > > able to properly give a class on this topic but I'm betting there are > > some Websites Team members who do. So, I'd like to ask the team for > > help. If you feel you have the skills and can teach a class on how to > > use/edit the fp.o wiki, please consider signing up to give a class. > > Not only that, but ... > > 1. Several of us should write up a curriculum that we can all deliver, > and ... > > 2. We should have multiple sessions, probably a few every quarter. Maybe something like Fedora Wiki 101, Fedora Wiki 102, etc. Nice idea! > > This is such an essential skill for all contributors that we need to > kick it up a level on helping people here. Good point. Our wiki could be so much better with more people knowing how to use/edit it, and this would boost our contributor base too. And, people who get into contributing usually end up joining other teams so there's an enormous potential here. > > In general, we're going to use the Wikimedia standards, but we should > call them out, show how we use them, and so forth, all on one page we > can train from. > > - Karsten > -- > websites mailing list > websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites -- Regards, Rev. Dr. Ian MacGregor http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ardchoille42 -- websites mailing list websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites
