On 04/15/2015 10:31 AM, Jeff Fearn wrote:
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On 04/15/2015 09:38 AM, Pete Travis wrote:
We've talked about it a lot lately, and there's a general consensus th
at
making room for those smaller chunks would both enable more contributo
rs
and better target Fedora's user base.
IMO the main problem you face is the heavy start up cost for
contributing. Using git and CI is not substantially less cumbersome for
contributors than the current solution. While it may attract a few more
people like the current contributors, it won't attract new classes of
contributors.
We have actually noticed this with the Fedora Magazine -- we have a
steady trickle of new writers adding an article or two. My theory this
is a contributing factor to this is that they can easily create a draft
in the wordpress instance.
--ryanlerch
You need to make it easy for people to contribute content, and in this
day and age that means a web interface; just one that doesn't suck.
What you need is a well curated web-based work flow.
Most wikis can handle multi-page content, that's your long articles, and
a small article is just single page.
Most wikis have a publishing process so you can vet/QA stuff before
publishing.
Most wikis have a translation work flow.
Most wikis allow you to import/cut-n-paste content in several flavors of
markup. So if some people want to write markdown et.al. offline then
paste it in the web-ui that's supported.
Most wikis are easy to theme and extend.
Most wikis have an active community that can help you develop any
missing features.
IMO what you need is a docs wiki that you can configure with your
publishing process as you see fit.
I don't have a vote for a specific wiki as I haven't done a comparison
of publishing work flows in a long time.
Did I mention, all IMO., no offense intended! :)
Cheers, Jeff.
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