Re: Mission statement questions (Karsten Wade) Karsten Wade <kwade@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Docs_Project_mission_statement > > * One point is that we do document technology recommendations; > * However, those recommendations should come from the developers, we > just document them; > > No objections to my recommendation for a new mission statement, other > than un-specifying tools (wiki), which I agree with, and consideration > about the technology recommendations. > > My conclusion is to include language such as, "we document technology > recommendations." Here's the reasoning - you may be an expert and > making a recommendation, but that is as an expert; the _team's_ > mission is to document experts. Compare to how Wikipedia requires a > reference; an expert cannot come and say, "I know this should be > such-and-so," they have to point at another article somewhere where > they as an expert declare such-and-so. This method prevents the > documenters from having to judge the expertise level of experts. We > ask other teams for their information, they decide amongst themselves > who knows best and what are the right answers, and pass it over. > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Docs_Project_mission_statement#Revised_final_proposal > > Revised final proposal > > The mission of the Fedora Documentation Project is to provide > documentation to users and contributors to improve the overall usage > and experience of Fedora. We do that by overseeing > community-maintained content, explaining the usage of certain pieces > of software or systems, and documenting technology recommendations > and for special events (releases, etc). In pursuit of this work, the > Docs Project creates and works with 100% free/libre and open source > software, content, tools, and processes to create a reusable > documentation system that is buildable from source by anyone and > free forever. > > Any final thoughts here on list? The sentences appear long. Ignorant newbies may misinterpret the last line. It should be like.... "system. Interested people are free to reuse the document source under the CCSA license." Otherwise it is fine. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs
