-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 08:03:59AM +0900, 夜神 岩男 wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 15:34 -0400, Eric Christensen wrote: > > At SELF I spoke with Spot about attribution in docs. The CC license does > > not specify the means in which we provide attribution for work we use in > > our documentation. I'm specifically concerned about how to attribute work > > that originates on the wiki that makes it into formal documentation. > > > > I'd like to establish a standard for doing this. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Specifically with regard to wiki additions, it would not be impossible > for either a plugin to assemble a list of names who contributed to beats > that became guides -- but there would need to be a set of rules so that > minor proofing edits (punctuation, spelling, rephrasing, etc.) were > identified in a different class from the main content contributions. I think this could *easily* be done by the use of the "minor edit" switch when you commit a change. Of course I have no idea how consistent people have been with using this. > > Anyway, the basic idea I have to simplify things is have a plugin which > generates a back-page on the wiki, say on a tab next to the "discussion" > back page (or drops a file somewhere, or whatever), that contains a list > of names with contribution category tags (edit, proofing, writer, etc.) > if possible. That list would be folded into the attribution page/section > of the formal documentation and we'd at least know who was involved in > writing what. I like the idea and it would be very helpful with the initial gathering of information. Now how do we display that information in the formal guides? Appendix? Footnote? Author listing? - --Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAk374WgACgkQU03aaJDMNEVHPQD/bAwn1pE7Jbd9kEGCyc0AVGUw HlA6Mlsmaw1gAz02dTUA/R5eFfVZqEn4aHXpCcXO/Ejf+8I4Hfqe60jp1D3y9vAj =W9RL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs
