[Ubuntu Chicago] Chicago Loco wiki cleanup

[Jim Campbell]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Steve Woodruff <swoody at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> After doing a bit of perusing and a little editing in the Loco's wiki
> pages recently, I feel that we could do a lot to clean-up, simplify,
> and better coordinate the pages. I know there have been a lot of
> people who have put a lot of time into these pages, and I greatly
> appreciate that effort, but I think for the sake of sanity and
> cleanliness, that we would benefit from a nice overhaul of the wikis.
>
> 1) Personally, I feel that we should make our wiki pages include
> information only - and pertinent information at that. I feel that
> while certain pages have been created with good ideas and good
> intentions, that they are not being utilized (notably the
> /HardwareSwap, /IdeaPool, and /TeamSpeak pages). I feel it would be
> much more useful if we deleted these pages, and encouraged these types
> of things to take place on the mailing list.
>

+1 for this.


>
> 2) I would further propose that the /Meetings page, the /Projects
> page, and all of the various /ReleaseParty /KarmicReleaseParty and
> similar pages be merged into a single Meetings & Events page, so
> members (and potential members) can stay up to date with all of our
> events in one place. I think this would also do a great deal of help
> with planning events.
>
>
I'm ok with this, too.


> 3)I think the /NewMembers page and the /NewUsers page could also be
> merged very easily.
>

Yes.


>
> 4) I would also propose that we get rid of the 'Team List' page, and
> replace the link in the navbar to be directed to our membership list
> on LaunchPad. I think this will do a great job at keeping our
> membership roster up to date, and simplified. On that note, I would
> also like to propose that we setup our LP group members with a
> one-year expiration period, so that we can further keep our roster up
> to date, and filled with active members. For those of you who are
> unfamiliar with this expiration period with LP, you would receive an
> email notice informing you that your membership in the team is going
> to expire soon, from there you would just go back into LP and renew
> your membership for another year. I feel this would not cause anyone
> too much grief, as the renewal process is quick and would only be done
> once a year.
>
>
I don't have any real issues with this.  I think there are people who are on
the list or are part of the team who haven't been involved in some time.  If
they still want to participate (or lurk, which is fine), they could renew .
. .  if not, their team membership would expire.



> 5) I feel after all of this cleaning up, that the navbar at the top of
> the wiki pages could be cleaned up a bit, and minimized to our new and
> pertinent pages.
>

Yes.


>
> 6) There are other various spots where I feel the wiki's could be
> cleaned up, and further narrowed down. There seems to be a lot of
> duplicated info, and pages which aren't utilized. I would like to put
> together a group of a couple people who would be interested in working
> on the wiki together. We can then go through everything, and try to
> update and tidy things up overall.
>
>
Some of what you've mentioned could be done pretty quickly.  I would
volunteer, but know that I'm too locked-in as it is.


>
> Again, I don't mean to step on any toes here, and I do respect the
> work that has been put into the wiki pages thus far. However, I think
> it would be for the good of the team if we gave this a good overhaul.
> As always let us all know your opinions, feelings, suggestions, etc.
> Thanks!
>
>
Thanks for bringing this up, Steve.  I'm ok with each of your suggestions.

Jim
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