Re: How to just report/fix one mistake on the wiki?

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FYI, I got wikiedit access and have updated the documentation to point
other people to get wikiedit access if appropriate.  Thanks again.

Matt

On Sun, 2018-05-27 at 14:50 +0100, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> 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 members because they were no longer active at all, and going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/684
> > 1
> > 
> > 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_fou
> > > nd_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+w
> > > iki
> > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/search?q=contribute+to+w
> > > iki+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%3AContributio
> > > ns&contribs=user&target=Mattmccutchen&namespace=&tagfilter=&year=
> > > 2018&month=-1
> > > 
> > > However, my question stands what new users should do.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your attention!
> > > 
> > > Matt
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