Fwd: Getting Involved

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

well that is my final version.

Go play with it! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/GettingInvolved

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/GettingInvolved>Yes, it does have a slant
on new comers and assurring them that they are welcome & important.

I'm sure there will be edits from you all :)

Regards,

Phill.

On 11 February 2012 22:30, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> nicely said... there is always hope. I'm going to spend a bit of time on
> that page. I have also got good news! Conner Imes did reply to my email to
> the wiki admin team about redirects - they have a full set of instructions
> that I will be adding the link of to the lubuntu wiki-docs area wiki page.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
>
> On 10 February 2012 21:24, Chris <cyber.druif at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "It was on a warm July afternoon, when the sun was shining through the
>> aligned holes opening up the gates to hell. It was on that day that the
>> wind also blew from the east and let a single snowflake find it's way to
>> the into the midst of hell. Everyone looked in amaze over the miracle that
>> has just accorded." However, it didn't mention a specific date ;-)
>> Some people say this story is just a legend, others only find hope in it.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 17:53, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Boss,
>>>
>>> oddly enough the retired 'head' of comms asked me to put a version of
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams in for that page.
>>>
>>> Yeah, as I've given that link out a couple of times for new people
>>> coming on board I agree that it should be mentioned. Some where on our wiki
>>> area is going to have to be the GpG key stuff as done
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto for people
>>> coming on with their lp pages. But. with the re-think of FAQ being split
>>> back into beginner / advanced / expert I think it belongs at the advanced
>>> section.
>>>
>>> But, that is another can of worms... do we simply have 'Beginner; and
>>> 'Advanced'?
>>>
>>> I'll get the basics done on the page, the rest of the mailing list can
>>> decide if we have a three way split of FAQ, or a two way split.... It will
>>> keep them busy at the keyboards.
>>>
>>> And for the record, as it is a nightmare to decide what is n00b and what
>>> is not... let's keep it simple.... that's my vote. At which point you will
>>> all want 249,333.5 levels of expertise and expect the wiki/docs team to
>>> have them all correctly placed..... To which I can only remark... "When was
>>> the last time you actually saw a snow-flake in hell?"
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 February 2012 15:12, Julien Lavergne <gilir at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Le 02/10/2012 09:17 AM, Phill Whiteside a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>  One of several omissions may be our web-access to our IRC areas,
>>>> forum areas, facebook area etc. Just as with lubuntu, it can be a page that
>>>> is overly populated and possibly add sub topics for 'how to get involved -
>>>> contact us' that could point directly to that area?
>>>>
>>>> I like the idea of one sub topic for each team, with the mailing list
>>>> contact or the one in charge of the coordination of the team.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  One thing I have been asked twice in one day is to how to actually
>>>> set up a LP account so as to be able to join a 'team' on on the mailing
>>>> list, so possibly a link to those instructions... at which point the page
>>>> just gets longer and longer :/
>>>>
>>>>   Maybe this : https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/NewAccount ?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Julien Lavergne
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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