On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, [ISO-8859-1] Máirín Duffy wrote: > Is the problem that mentors aren't available, or that people aren't > seeking help? Dunno. But I think we need to solve both sides of the problem: awareness and commitment. > Could be that it's *really* hard to find the mentors page? There is no > static navigation on the wiki onto which it could be added... the front > page of the wiki, pretty much the only navigation device besides the > search box, is a bit of a mess and not very visually digestible... there > is a link to the mentors page there after a bit of scrolling, but it's > not really explained so well either, e.g., when you link to it, it > should be made clear - "People who need mentors, go here!" rather than > "People who want to be mentors, go here!" I mean, obviously you want > both, but newbies might avoid the current link thinking it's not meant > for them. I think you're right. In fact, I think that people don't even know to look for it. > In the short-term, assuming making new/potential contributors feel > welcome is a high priority (which I think it should be :) ), why not > have some sort of 'banner ad' to suck in newbies, maybe point them to an > intermediary page with a newbie FAQ (want to help yourself?), here's a > list of people you can bug with questions (talk to a real person!), and > a link to the HelpWanted page (what is it that you want to do?) I threw > something together in inkscape, I have no idea of the feasibility of > having it added but I have the svg for it if anyone thinks its a good > idea: > > http://people.redhat.com/duffy/misc/fedoramentor-banner.png Ooh. I like that. I think we could do that almost immediately. The critical thing, though, is to make sure that the current Mentors can *actually* do what's asked of them. And that's also what this email is partly about. Mentors, I'm calling you. Fall in! Report for duty! :) --g ------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Project || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Fedora-mentors-list mailing list Fedora-mentors-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-mentors-list
