These sounds like good solid steps we could actually take without constructing a grand plan. I'll poke around a bit with staff and see if there's some issue i'm missing
Mitchell fantasai wrote: > Mitchell Baker wrote: > >>What do you mean by organizational structure? A website organization? A >>person? > > > Here are some ideas - > > - Find several trusted CVS commit-enabled people willing to check in > documentation changes and new documents within a reasonable amount > of time. > > - Create or update pages that explain > - how to make changes to an existing document and generate a > patch with doctor > - and what *exactly* to do with a documentation patch or new > HTML document. > > - Create a to-do list of abstracts and/or outlines for documents that > need to be written (and corresponding Documentation bug numbers). > > - Either revamp or get rid of the existing documentation templates because > they're very, very poorly coded. > > - Delete the section starting with "Use indentation." in > http://mozilla.org/README-style.html and, if Dawn decides to > check in the patch for bug 152104, replace it with a section > on using <div class="section">. > > - Link all this information together with a page similar to > http://mozilla.org/hacking/nutshell.html and keep these pages > updated. > > This way, if I say "I want to write web-developer documentation, where > should I start?", you can point me to http://mozilla.org/contribute/writing/ > and I can find out not only that I need to do something with Bugzilla and > a Documentation component and that there's no copyright policy as of December > 1999, but > - what documentation needs to be written, and hence what I can write for > mozilla.org > - what format the document should be in > - where and how I can submit the document to become part of mozilla.org > - what I can do to fix errors in and/or update existing documents on > mozilla.org > - how I can help make existing documentation easier for visitors to find > - who will be happy to answer any questions I have > - and what I should do if no one acts on my work within X amount of time > > ~fantasai
