Hi, I used to subscribe to the view that stubs are "an easy way for contributors to cherry pick work".
About four years ago as a MySQL employee I was involved in setting up and contributing to the 'MySQL User Guide' at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_User_Guide. I just did a quick review of that wiki and don't see a single element added to the original content. Not terribly encouraging. In defence of stubs, I don't think the 'MySQL User Guide' was very well promoted--it's hard to find, not immediately clear that contributions are welcome and perhaps the size of the project is overly ambitious. On 28 November 2011 16:14, Shaun McCance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > What are your thoughts on adding stub articles/sections to the KB? > For example, adding an article for how to specify account names > without actually writing the content, along with a note to whoever > comes along about what the article should contain. > > I've seen stubs work well in other docs efforts. They're an easy > way for contributors to cherry pick work. But with the "everything > is always published" model of a wiki-like KB, stubs can be annoying > to average readers, like a 90s-esque "under construction" banner. > > Thoughts? > > -- > Shaun > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Peter Lavin Telephone: 1 416 461 4991 Mobile: 1 647 985 4991 Skype: peter.lavin
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