I've just updated the wiki homepage, restoring a few pieces of content from the older page. I agree most of the old content wasn't relevant any more, so the changes are mostly about the tone of the page. Hopefully the content in the new version is a little more inviting to newcomers.
I'm sure there are other improvements that could be made - in particular, I think the release process section could benefit from a little more elaboration, highlighting the fact that 1.8 development is underway. Suggestions welcome! Russ %-) On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Russell Keith-Magee < russ...@keith-magee.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Aymeric Augustin < > aymeric.augustin.2...@polytechnique.org> wrote: > >> Hi Russell, >> >> It seemed to me that this page wasn't nearly as good an introduction to >> contributing to Django as the contributing guide from the official docs, so >> I trimmed it and pointed to the docs instead. >> >> In fact, I started by removing incorrect or outdated information — for >> instance, the workflow described in the page dated back to the pre-git era, >> replacing get_absolute_url appeared to be the main current project while no >> one has worked on it for years, etc. A few minutes later there was so >> little left that I simply rewrote the page. >> >> Generally speaking, I don't believe we'll ever manage to keep the wiki >> sufficiently accurate and up to date to make it useful. Last year I tried >> to look for spam links (with a script) and scrub them, but there were so >> many that I gave up. In my opinion, the viable alternative to our >> self-hosted wiki is called the World Wide Web :-) >> >> Feel free to restore and perhaps update the previous content. I believe >> it did more harm than good, but as long as it remains clear that you need >> to authenticate before you can file a ticket, we'll be all right! >> >> Hi Aymeric, > > Your reasoning makes sense - I can't argue that some of the content there > was a bit stale. However I think there's a middle ground - that particular > page is the landing page for people who want to contribute, so it needs a > bit more than a curt "get thyself a github account". > > I'll work on improving what's there. > > Russ %-) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAJxq849niPEps6V16eSwXedvBF3UC2NfpLSHxS7PE-JA5nF%3DsQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
