On updating /community/GraphicalInstall

[Chris Druif]

Hi Phill,

I've had a small chat with Lyz on IRC, but the docs team needs to make a
decision on this. I'm not going to make this decision alone after only just
being submitted to the team. As far as I'm concerned it should be moved to
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidLynx/GraphicalInstall and be link to
it from it's parent page. I also think instead of naming this one
"Graphical Install" (which fits the bill, true) "Ubiquity" as everyone I
know knows that it is called Ubiquity. But that is just a personal issue.

I've taken the liberty to add both the docs team as Kate in this message
string to hopefully speed-up the process of getting a decision made.

With metta, Chris

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:59, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi Lyz,
>
> Keeping wiki pages updated is a nightmare! We thought we had hunted all
> ours down that needed updating for 12.04..... Wrong!! Within Lubuntu we
> have a wiki / docs sub-team, this allows us to co-ordinate our activities
> without flooding the 'main' mailing list.
>
> As for updating pages, the idea behind the wiki format is so that anyone
> can update things whilst retaining the ability to 'roll' back changes if
> need be. There's a whole load of useful information at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide for those unsure about 'the
> best way' to do things like formatting, how to add / remove screen shots
> etc. Chris Druif is our head honcho for Wiki / Doc. Details on that team
> can be found via
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/GettingInvolved#How_to_Contribute_.26_ParticipateLike myself, Chris is now a fully fledged wiki editor; although as I
> concentrate on QA stuff more these days, his knowledge now exceeds mine.
>
> On the subject of 10.04 etc, there is still discussion ongoing on how best
> to handle pages for older and even obsloete releases. The best option at
> the moment is to move the, in this case, the 10.04 specific notes to from
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall to
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall_10.04 with a pointer
> to it from its "parent" page, so those who wish to install 10.04 still have
> the details. I can't find the specific email thread, but from what I
> remember, this even applies to versions that are no longer supported so we
> as wiki people and others who have never wanted to update still have access
> to them.
>
> I'm sure that Chris will have a clearer memory of where that part of the
> decission process is at and I've cc'd him my reply to ensure my facts are
> correct!
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 29 April 2012 11:44, Elizabeth Krumbach <lyz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Phill,
>>
>> I hope you don't mind the direct email, but I know you do a lot of
>> wiki stuff. I have a protocol question with it comes to updating the
>> /community wiki: is there a todo list somewhere or place where people
>> take on tasks for updating wiki pages? And any version-specific
>> information I should know about (we only update certain pages for LTS
>> versions, etc)?
>>
>> To help illustrate, I ask because I've got some volunteers for Ubuntu
>> Learning again. Essentially what we do is link to the help.ubuntu.com
>> (and /community as needed) as core data for each class, then we write
>> an outline for an instructor with example exercises and quizzes. Now,
>> as part of this we want to help the wiki team update the docs, so the
>> first page we found and wanted to use...
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall
>>
>> is for 10.04. I have someone ready to review it and make screenshots
>> reflecting 12.04. Is it ok for him to just jump right in?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2
>> http://www.princessleia.com
>>
>> --
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>>
>>
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