Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
Clover wrote: k, xmas is over. Do you have anything yet to show us? Richard: I'm sure this wasn't meant to be as rude as it sounds :-) Daniel: You need to be careful; the above sentence sounds excessively demanding in English. Gerv ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
Richard Fleming wrote: Richard Fleming wrote: Greetings to all. I'd like to contribute to the documentation project of Mozilla. I haven't heard anything from anyone in regards to me contributing to Mozilla Docs project. Does this mean that noone is interested, or is it because I had the .dot. in my email address to prevent the contamination of my email? k, xmas is over. Do you have anything yet to show us? ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
Richard Fleming wrote: I don't know if mozilla has a marketing dept., but if so, the two would have to work together on issues of trademarks, and other corporate branding issues. Yes, since recently... see http://www.mozilla.org/projects/marketing/ ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
Richard Fleming wrote: >> Most contributions would probably be welcomed, but if you >> want to help, you're going to have to be very much >> "self-starting" (also self-managing, and you'll have to >> prompt people to review/use your documentation). What kind >> of documentation do you want to write? Were you thinking >> of code documentation? Writing for the Mozilla user help >> system? Check bugzilla for bugs in the documentation area >> and see if you could help with any of them. > > Well, I've also received an email from the owner of the Help > Systems module. It appears that there are no documentation > writers for Mozilla. All of them once working for Netscape, > but no longer. Sad really. > > What I was hoping to contribute to was the core user > documentation for Mozilla. Since light has been shed that > there are no tech writers of any kind (at least on Mozilla), > depending on the situation it might appear that a > documentation module would have to be started up to address > all of the documentation issues for all of the mozilla.org > products. There is a documentation module (at least in bugzilla). You may want to take a look at http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Documentation&bug_status=unconfirmed,new,assigned,reopened Grab yourself a few and work on them :-) > A core documentation team is created. Their responsibility > is for creating style sheets, keeping glossaries of terms, > and in general things that are common across all platforms > and all product streams. > > Using these guidelines created by the core group, individual > product streams emerge for released versions of Camino, > Mozilla, Firebird, Thunderbird, etc. This way, all > documentation has the same look, the same feel as the rest, > making it easier for sys admins, and end users alike to read > the different product docs. In my experience with a volunteer projects it is probably best to work on a prototype first and then ask others for help and contributions. Without that people will focus too much on administrative stuff instead of real documentation. > I don't know if mozilla has a marketing dept., but if so, the > two would have to work together on issues of trademarks, and > other corporate branding issues. Yes, we have a marketing module, but as I said before: Work on a prototype first and then talk with some marketing people. It will help you focus on the real important tasks first. -- Simon Paquet http://sipaq.blogspot.com - Simon's Mozilla Blog ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
Michael Lefevre wrote: Most contributions would probably be welcomed, but if you want to help, you're going to have to be very much "self-starting" (also self-managing, and you'll have to prompt people to review/use your documentation). What kind of documentation do you want to write? Were you thinking of code documentation? Writing for the Mozilla user help system? Check bugzilla for bugs in the documentation area and see if you could help with any of them. Well, I've also received an email from the owner of the Help Systems module. It appears that there are no documentation writers for Mozilla. All of them once working for Netscape, but no longer. Sad really. What I was hoping to contribute to was the core user documentation for Mozilla. Yes, it's a web browswer, and how hard can it be to use one. Being a Sr. Systems Admin for the past few years, I've come to learn that some people find browsers incredibly hard to use. Since light has been shed that there are no tech writers of any kind (at least on Mozilla), depending on the situation it might appear that a documentation module would have to be started up to address all of the documentation issues for all of the mozilla.org products. Hear me out, some of you that are more senior, please feel free to correct any lapses in judgement, etc. A core documentation team is created. Their responsibility is for creating style sheets, keeping glossaries of terms, and in general things that are common across all platforms and all product streams. Using these guidelines created by the core group, individual product streams emerge for released versions of Camino, Mozilla, Firebird, Thunderbird, etc. This way, all documentation has the same look, the same feel as the rest, making it easier for sys admins, and end users alike to read the different product docs. I don't know if mozilla has a marketing dept., but if so, the two would have to work together on issues of trademarks, and other corporate branding issues. I'm willing to take on this beast o' burden if anyone else is willing to help. :) -- Have a good one Richard Fleming PGP Fingerprint: 0467 292E 1220 A37D 4304 2DC5 E39F 3E75 49E8 OD1E ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
On 2003-12-27, Robert M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Fleming > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>I haven't heard anything from anyone in regards to me contributing to >>Mozilla Docs project. Does this mean that noone is interested, or is it >>because I had the .dot. in my email address to prevent the contamination >>of my email? > > I've tried to ask how to contribute, too. Apparently, nobody knows. :-) Most contributions would probably be welcomed, but if you want to help, you're going to have to be very much "self-starting" (also self-managing, and you'll have to prompt people to review/use your documentation). What kind of documentation do you want to write? Were you thinking of code documentation? Writing for the Mozilla user help system? Check bugzilla for bugs in the documentation area and see if you could help with any of them. Also, it's only been a couple of days that Richard's post has been waiting for a response, and in a holiday period. You might get a response after a while, but don't hold your breath - Mozilla doesn't have the resources to actively manage stuff like this. Any "management" is done by volunteers like yourselves... -- Michael ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I haven't heard anything from anyone in regards to me contributing to >Mozilla Docs project. Does this mean that noone is interested, or is it >because I had the .dot. in my email address to prevent the contamination >of my email? I've tried to ask how to contribute, too. Apparently, nobody knows. :-) (Although in the past it was largely Netscape documents that were Mozilla-ified...) -- Robert M. E-mail from most addresses is blocked (but that is my real address ) ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
Richard Fleming wrote: Greetings to all. I'd like to contribute to the documentation project of Mozilla. I haven't heard anything from anyone in regards to me contributing to Mozilla Docs project. Does this mean that noone is interested, or is it because I had the .dot. in my email address to prevent the contamination of my email? -- Have a good one Richard Fleming PGP Fingerprint: 0467 292E 1220 A37D 4304 2DC5 E39F 3E75 49E8 OD1E ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
Re: Contribute to Mozilla Doc Proj
Richard Fleming wrote: Greetings to all. I'd like to contribute to the documentation project of Mozilla. I haven't heard anything from anyone in regards to me contributing to Mozilla Docs project. Does this mean that noone is interested, or is it because I had the .dot. in my email address to prevent the contamination of my email? -- Have a good one Richard Fleming PGP Fingerprint: 0467 292E 1220 A37D 4304 2DC5 E39F 3E75 49E8 OD1E ___ mozilla-documentation mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-documentation
