-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/26/2010 04:24 PM, Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote: > On 11/24/2010 11:28 AM, Dilip P Kumasi wrote: >> Hello Everyone. > >> I am a newbie, and unfortunately, have been a newbie for a very long >> time now. The two biggest hurdles that are stopping me from making any >> progress are >> 1. I am afraid I might break something > > I wouldn't be afraid of breaking anything. Our source repositories have > the ability to roll back any changes that were made. > >> 2. I can't figure out where I can fit in the docs team. > > I haven't seen you in the Docs IRC room or at any of the meetings. Have > you been interacting with other members? I wonder what your interests > are and if those interests could translate into work in an existing > guide or a new guide. > > >> To solve the first problem, I want to ask if it is possible to start a >> "Hello World" doc: A doc meant exclusively for newbies, that never gets >> published for any release, where everyone is welcome to jump in and get >> comfortable with the process without worrying about breaking something. > > I like this idea. Of course you could do this on your own by generating > a guide, new or existing, on your own computer. > >> Can this be done? > > If you would like to have a git repository to experiment with I'm sure > that can be arranged. Otherwise you can create and build your own > guides on your computer using Publican. > >> --Dilip > > --Eric Hi Dilip and welcome! I also like the idea of people creating a sandbox doc so they can get comfortable with all the different tools. This could be done using a fedorapeople account I think, since that now has git support. [0] As Eric said though, I think the best first step to really get involved would be to get onto the #fedora-docs IRC channel. If you don't already use IRC, this [1] should help! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_IRC - -- Gerard Ryan :: mail.gerardryan@xxxxxxxxx :: http://grdryn.wordpress.com PGP Fingerprint: AA11 A666 C98E B6D8 231C 11ED 6EDC 7E4A 62BC 4A15 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJM8CvEAAoJEG7cfkpivEoVpOIP/2NAkK3BEMgmgq+W/z5Z75q8 GNCNsefoWoXgau3Ddc2D8QpKse5pXLGFdMsNMGzarchR1NMRGreNo5Ts4JYMwFQN VYOQxYwz2jenCLMotEEbtrVczjwjJdUnxtXfdi4OLCaV3oAg2PQA4JVSNqqzF65+ Z7+VoThUPjqXGctX5AL/tRmSQh1dk57Hp772XCrDEZvxJFuCj/I1Qc/aKG3J1l0G Yu+smH0N+otuW4hulY9J9pZd0Z+ZpofgUev+HkBV8W6ZaZx75iUHdzArN93/pUPS CDZfpIi4xwm9dPTSf7v12vVFcRv1hGlwLYDuPqofpAPkaCoi9o0kI4uN0hychDIC lesJzdpiVW5MjR8ixUYK6D/qSCWf+FtviIuvSZESYQfcjOBgRSDVu5iznjlKorA5 D5jd+fsLYfpRVn4/O7nUqcYtLO4aNiE0NqNQPLBYzNTvYluuJVT/JrZG1KQXS4G7 nn0MBLDMwQgiZ58cl7cYespf5qXF0pZzikX60648y7tydRGgltg+o1/oZdQ/qmKX PryHm4ouDFu26wKR5ImwG6EcJhhU2g9xdbZwyT4LF72hlCqlGHdwygzPziWB7TvU Sn5TfXU0Lk3E+t5H0xVs2NTjZUf0dXuTHrJroaMchtdz9MC3b5eaiYrmBfNNkjVv 6ePcT0jPdd5xuRSUxTvR =oo4u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs
