FronPage troubles

[Alexander Poslavsky]

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:17:13 +0000, Louise McCance-Price
<lu at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi Alex
> 
> A little more feedback:
> 
> I think we are at risk of focusing on "Documentation" only, but the wiki
> is a brainstorming area for everyone and everything to do with Ubuntu.
> The community must not be afraid to contribute here and there must be no
> "barrier to entry" so to speak.

How to get that thought across? I spent today looking around on
several other wiki's etc. It is difficult, either a wiki is a mess or
too unfriendly. How to balance this?
 
> Thus, why do people need to consult the doc team first before changing
> the FrontPage? Surely this sentence should only apply to the
> Documentation Home page of the wiki? Please discuss any changes to the
> FrontPage on the Documentation List BEFORE making them.

This was more a reaction to what happened when sb made funny changes,
but yes, we don't want to scare people from editing, it would miss the
point of having a wiki.

> 
> Wiki gardeners will ensure that info is moved to the best location, but
> people must not be afraid of making a mistake. I think we'd rather have
> a wiki that
> people enjoy and want to contribute to, and we can ensure that  if it's
> not in the most logical place, it gets moved.
> 
>     * I think it would be worth going through all the current pages,
>       deciding on whether the high level sections that you have up there
>       ensure that each page of current information has a home that is
>       easy to find in a logical location.

This is something the whole team should do, i have been moving stuff,
but what is logical to one person might be difficult to another.

FEEDBACK GUYS!

>     * Decide whether is should be on the main website or on the wiki,
>       and then create the section/page on the website or wiki to
>       accommodate it.

This we need to figure out, i personally do not understand the need
for most of the website... so we need discussion on this.

>     * We need to have information for our users as accessible as
>       possible - 3 clicks rule :o)

We need sb really bright for this, or really smart mouseclicks. How
can you keep the numbers of links down and the number of answers
high???

>     * Alphabetically ordered info is always easier to find unless there
>       is a logical order to the info that overrides it.

We need macro's for this, we had them in moin! 
> 
> perhaps we need to encourage people more openly.....a suggestion: and to
> move the ban on changing the front page to the documentation pront page.

Done

> ___________________________
> 
> Welcome to the Ubuntu Wiki.
> 
> This is the official brainstorming area for the Ubuntu Community.
> 
> Everyone is free to edit the pages on this wiki to correct and improve
> them, except where special consideration is necessary (this will be
> noted at the top of the page). Before making any changes you must login
> at the top right of the page and create an identity. This is so we know
> who has created or edited pages and helps us get in touch and track
> changes on the wiki.

see the update:

https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/APFrontPage