Mentoring for improving wiki pages?

[David Groos]

Hi All,

I just turned in my final last night for my statistics class so can now
dedicate some more time to edubuntu, again, and, teaching will be out for
the year in just about 4 weeks.  Like many users of edubuntu, I need help to
install/upgrade/troubleshoot/fix things.  One key resource for self-help is
the wiki.  People have been working hard to improve it as a whole.  I'm
suggesting to choose maybe a dozen 'hot spots'--topics that are critical to
make edubuntu work in a school setting, and make great wiki pages on them.


A perfect example of what I'm talking about is the work of Gavin and his
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/ThinClientHowtoNAT page.  While
it is true that 3 other people have also improved that page, Gavin made a
big effort to make sure this critical task was CLEARLY and thoroughly
explained.  There is no such thing as perfect but there is excellent and
that page is.

I've spent I don't know how many hours battling iTALC and alkisg has spent
at least 2 or 3 hours trying to help me.  He one time groaned when I told
him that I had followed the directions on the
wiki<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/iTalc>.
These might have been pretty good for Hardy, but I had Jaunty and just hoped
it would work; it didn't, nor does it still.

Here are some possible 'sticky points'.  There might be some good wiki pages
on them now, but when I first tackled these tasks, they were lacking.  They
are critical to many school setups.

--iTALC setup
--Basic squid proxy setup
--Localapps setup
--Backup System
--using flash
--using java
--setting up file-sharing systems for one's classes

I need to understand iTALC and make it work.   I would be more than happy to
polish this iTALC wiki
page<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/iTalc>.
I'll need mentoring, a lot at the start, but a great wiki page saves time
for everyone and helps edubuntu users feel confident.  Is there anyone who
knows iTALC that would serve as my technical mentor on this wiki page?  What
would you add to or remove from the list of sticky points?

David G
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