On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Alan Bartlett wrote: > Coming a little late to this discussion, take the example of the three > kernel related HowTos. Each article begins with a "Currently > maintained by: AlanBartlett and AkemiYagi" line. ... later ... > If the writer of an article wishes to be acknowledged, > insert a "Author: name" line at the begining of it. One > example of this technique, that currently comes to my mind, > is the Java page -- where Russ Herrold states his authorship > of the "simpler method". As to coming late to the discussion, I strive to read email within 8 business hours of its sending ... add a weekend with a holiday, or an overnight,l and I may well not even see a piece for four days. Fast decisions are rarely needful, and in my experience lead to error A couple of things. I think 'guidelines' or policies are too often used as a club in parts of FOSS culture, and I am of a general 'bent' to avoid trying to 'specify' such too much. I have run my local LUG as an 'anarchy' [and with an iron hand ;) ] for over a decade. It lets the magic smoke out, stops being fun, and in a 'social voluntary' context, kills participation Alan went through some changes I pushed into the java page, and did a great job of cleanup. My spelling, typing and proofreading skills are well and widely admired [I don't see them for some reason until I 'commit' even with ispell, and the like]. I think I posted [it may have been a direct CC] a 'Thanks' before, and if not, repeat it here publicly I added my 'authorshp' on the Java page, in part in self defense, as a transient author wrote, and then another transient did some partial fixes, in the (always changing as Sun issues new Java updates) second part That page goes stale so regularly ;( -- and I am not interested in the workload of maintaining the latter part. I was getting lots of direct questions, and needed to disassociate myself from that last part, as a matter of preserving my 'writing reputation' as well I think re-inventing wheels of doco in the wiki, when there is upstream doco, and when there is no CentOS specific issue in play, is a waste of time; but then, some think that about stamp collections, or exercise, or watching television are wastes of time as well, and there is no explaining taste in hobbies. If it does not harm others, I live and let live Most of my content in the wiki does not bear an author mark by me, although I am findable (as noted in the automated changelog). When I _want_ to be found, you'll see a note, or a comment in the top of the file for later authors and editors :) -- Russ herrold
