Questions: Getting Started

Dean Sas dean at deansas.org
Wed May 27 00:25:22 UTC 2009


Justin White wrote:
> I have experience working with non-technical individuals that know 
> nearly nothing about computers and technical individuals alike. I think 
> I can do a good job editing existing work or creating new articles.
> 
> I wish I could just jump in now but I want to take the time to do this 
> right, so I have a few questions.
> 
> 1. Where can I look for articles needing revisioins? Is there a work 
> needed page somewhere?

Are you interested in the wiki docs [1] or the system help [2] ?
> 
> 2. I've never used a mailing list before, what types of things would I 
> email to this list?

Proposals for any major reorganisation of articles, requests for help
etc. You can glance over the archives at [3] to get an idea of past
subjects.

> 3. What's the best place for me to get help editing documentation? IRC, 
> mailing list, forums, etc?

This mailing list or #ubuntu-doc on freenode.

Thanks,
Dean

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Wiki/Tasks
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Tasks
[3] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/




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