Hi Petr, Thanks so much for the information! Looks like the wikiedit group is what I was looking for. Unfortunately, I'm now under contract with a new employer that makes it unclear whether I can contribute to the contributor docs, but I'll check back once this contract ends (end of June). Matt On Tue, 2018-05-22 at 17:41 +0200, Petr Bokoc wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Our contributor docs aren't really up to date at all. We're aware of the > mess, it should hopefully change in the near future, but right now it's > really bad as you found out. > > I added the missing link to the common bugs page, thanks for reporting it. > > Regarding wiki edit rights for any future contributions you might want > to make: the requirement for a non-CLA group membership is unfortunate > but it's here to stay, and yes, the docs group (and this list) seems > like a good place to ask questions. The problem is, we just cleaned up > the group maybe a month ago and removed something like 80% of all > members because they were no longer active at all, and going forward > we'd like to be able to rely on the people in that group being somewhat > active, so I'm wary of adding people who state upfront they don't want > to do that, although I do understand your situation. > > Anyway: there is a group called "wikiedit", a membership in that will > give you wiki edit rights without any expectation of active > participation, as far as I'm aware. Open an issue against the > fedora-infrastructure repo on Pagure to gain access. Here's an example > of such a ticket: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/6841 > > Hope that helps; let me know if I can do anything else for you. > > Petr > > > On 05/20/2018 09:44 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote: > > Dear docs team, > > > > I found a mistake on the wiki (Fedora 28 needs to be added to > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_bugs) and wanted to report or fix > > it, but it looks like to fix it, I now need one non-CLA group. The > > Docs group looked the most likely for this scenario, but based on > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_Docs_Project , it looks like > > you expect an introduction and ongoing involvement, which I'm not > > willing to commit to. > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_problems_with_Docs#I_found_a_problem_on_the_wiki > > didn't give me any help either. > > > > Is there a process for people who just want to report or fix one > > mistake on the wiki? Have I missed a previous discussion of this? Or > > should I pose the question elsewhere? I didn't find anything useful > > here: > > > > https://www.google.com/search?q=what+group+to+join+if+I+just+want+to+contribute+to+fedora+wiki&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/search?q=contribute+to+wiki > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/search?q=contribute+to+wiki+group > > > > If you are willing to count this as my introduction and grant me access > > (FAS mattmccutchen) without an expectation of ongoing involvement, I > > will be happy to update the relevant places on the wiki. I've been > > using Fedora for 13 years and have a modest history of useful wiki > > contributions from before the restriction was introduced, though I've > > never been involved deeply enough with anything to join a non-CLA > > group: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Mattmccutchen&namespace=&tagfilter=&year=2018&month=-1 > > > > However, my question stands what new users should do. > > > > Thanks for your attention! > > > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > > docs mailing list -- docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to docs-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/HSQ4XWKJ3VL4KEHI5Y4JQTZNZ5WFOTFK/ > > _______________________________________________ > docs mailing list -- docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to docs-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/B426XZRNRJ56SDWL63ZRNI6X4DJ355S5/ _______________________________________________ docs mailing list -- docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to docs-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/CUS4B7R5LMMW4LN3VYUAQ3ICWHT6R6QU/
