Current wiki access status

[Chris Perry]

I am not very familiar with how info is shared within the Ubuntu
community but what Paul has written about announcing
ubuntu-wiki-editors (that's my way of describing it) sounds sensible
to me. I'll also pick up on Paul's use of "bullet-proof". How do we
make the moderation of
ubuntu-wiki-editors bullet-proof? Here's one suggestion: Instead of a
basic join request is it possible to get people who want to join to
fill in a simple form? Anyone who can't fill in the form half sensibly
doesn't even get a reply from the moderators? That might reduce the
moderators' workload (assuming there are large numbers of applicants)?


On 21 June 2016 at 16:54, Paul White <paulw2u at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, at 10:47, Chris Perry wrote:
>
>> Hi Lyz, the fact that ubuntu-wiki-editors is now working is in danger
>> of getting lost in this thread. Can we repeat the announcement in its
>> own thread? Then the announcement will be easier to find in a month,
>> or six months for anyone interested. I'm willing to post an
>> announcement if you have no objection. Regards, Chris.
>
> I think the *revised* requirements for editing the wiki require more
> than an email to this list. Many wiki contributors may not subscribe to
> mailing lists. We need to reach out to all contributors especially those
> that merely want to update their personal wiki page.
>
> One of the requirements of securing an Ubuntu membership is having a
> wiki page that documents Ubuntu contributions. Without edit rights to
> the wiki you can't create that page :(
>
> I think at minimum the following, once all the necessary procedures have
> been implemented, are required:
>
>  * An email to the ubuntu-doc and the ubuntu-community-team mailing
>  lists by someone that can post in an *official* capacity.
>  * A copy of that email posted to fridge.ubuntu.com, which will
>  automatically get posted to planet.ubuntu.com
>  * Including the above post in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter
>  * Which also gets posted to the Ubuntu Forums
>
> I've seen suggestions that we shouldn't post too widely any revised
> requirements to posting to the wikis. I disagree. We should any
> requirements widely but have *bullet-proof* procedures for allowing
> edits. rights.
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