My plan is to do what Kubuntu is already doing. We'd have our wiki.xubuntu.* and help.xubuntu.* subdomains that would have their own install of the applicable software utilizing our own Xubuntu theme while using the same database as Kubuntu and Ubuntu allowing us to prevent duplication. I think that /might/ encourage people to contribute but considering there is nothing stopping people from contributing now to the current wiki install via the ubuntu domain, I wonder how much effect it'll have. You never know, maybe it'll do the trick :)
<br><br>For the record, I've already filed the requests with the powers that be but now that there seems to be a visible interest in this I'll get on top of it along with the new Xubuntu website.<br><br>Thanks,<br>
<br>Cody A.W. Somerville<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 22, 2008 9:49 AM, Vincent <<a href="mailto:imnotb@gmail.com">imnotb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div><div class="Ih2E3d"><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jim Campbell</b> <<a href="mailto:jwcampbell@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwcampbell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello all,<br><br>In thinking about the Xubuntu documentation lately, I was considering how both Ubuntu and Kubuntu keep their official documentation up as part of the <a href="http://Ubuntu.com" target="_blank">
Ubuntu.com
</a> and <a href="http://Kubuntu.com" target="_blank">
Kubuntu.com</a> websites, respectively. [1] & [2] I would recommend this for Xubuntu as part of the setup of the updated website. </blockquote></div><div><br>How do <a href="http://Ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu.com
</a> and <a href="http://Kubuntu.org" target="_blank">
Kubuntu.org</a> do it? I assume they don't add them manually?<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Additionally, would we consider unofficial community docs (ala the
Ubuntu Community help pages [3])? Such a section would invite participation from Xubuntu bloggers and hackers (and hacker/bloggers) who are already writing up these how-to's on their blogs. </blockquote></div><div><br>
Sounds cool, would this be review-based or should bloggers be able to add their own guides?
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Contributions might include items like putting compiz-fusion on Xubuntu, and other helpful tips. These contributions may eventually wind up as part of the official docs.
</blockquote></div><div><br>Wow, I'd love a guide on setting up Compiz Fusion :P<br><br>Anyway, I suppose we could also require a license on those posts? There is already a lot of Creative Commons material available, which could be used right away. However, since adding a guide to
<a href="http://Xubuntu.org" target="_blank">Xubuntu.org</a> will also increase visibility of the blog of the original author I think it'd be fair enough to require all featured guides to be CC-licensed so we can be sure we avoid any legal problems.
<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I expect some discussion about the community docs idea - I certainly wouldn't want to duplicate material from the unofficial ubuntu docs' wiki pages. I hope that the official docs could be placed up as part of the website, though.
<br><br>I invite your comments. Thanks,<br><br>Jim <br><br>[1] <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/</a><br>[2] <a href="http://kubuntu.org/doc/7.10/index/C/index.html" target="_blank">
http://kubuntu.org/doc/7.10/index/C/index.html</a> with links to additional documentation here
<a href="http://kubuntu.org/doc/index.php" target="_blank">http://kubuntu.org/doc/index.php</a><br>
<br>[3] <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/</a></blockquote></div></div><br>Thanks,<br>-- <br><font color="#888888">Vincent
</font><br>--<br>xubuntu-devel mailing list<br><a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Cody A.W. Somerville