Hi Shawn
Thanks for the response. I realise that a formal "adopt a page" program
would require a considerable resource investment from the W3 to define,
set up and manage, but as they say, from little things, big things grow.
Before I make another suggestion - could you prehaps give the lists an
indication of the current volume of request for code or simple content
updates (simple errors, spelling and grammar fixes etc) that the
site-comments area receives a month, as well as your rough level of
resourcing that you have to deal with these. I think it would be of
great help to the community if it realised the kind of limitations you
are operating under, as well as the general feedback an enterprise level
operation such as the W3 site receives in that regard.
Having just come from a high-volume Australian government web publishing
area, I know how hard it can be to get through each and every request.
And we have no where near the 80,000 pages (based on a google search of
site: w3.org) the W3 has as publically facing.
My next suggestion is to not let the adopt a page idea die. If the site
comments area would be kind enough to set up a general access wiki page
for those who do have current W3 wiki accounts, prehaps we can use this
simple beginning to start with a list of pages we as members are willing
to become a friend for, and review - simple beginnings, but it will keep
the idea going, and start to engage the community in an organised manner
while other options continue to be explored.
If needed, I would be happy to put myself forward (as I'm sure many
others would) as one of a number of initial co-ordinators for such an
activity - namely just making sure that members aren't doubling up on
pages, keeping track of work completed, and making sure we are keeping
to only code validation and spelling/grammar fixes.
Kind regards
Chris Beer
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On 2/4/2011 11:14 AM, Shawn Henry wrote:
WAI Interest Group participants,
It's nice to see the interest in contributing to W3C work in the
recent e-mail thread.[1] W3C (including WAI) has been exploring
options for expanding community input opportunities. We're working out
how to support more community involvement within the confines of
limited W3C staff resources and significant other work priorities.
While a formal "adopt a page" program would require a considerable
amount of time for W3C staff to define, set up, and manage (including
reviewing all proposed changes before posting them live), anyone is
welcome to review whichever pages you would like and send your
comments to: [email protected]
We often fix simple errors within a few hours. Some suggestions
require quite a bit of time and deliberation; for example, where there
are reasons for and against different options (which the commenter may
or may not know about). These suggestions are prioritized based on
other work in queue.
For those who want to help, there are other ways as well. For example,
WAI needs your help reviewing drafts, proposing techniques, and much
more. See:
* Participating in WAI - http://www.w3.org/WAI/participation (we also
welcome suggestions to make this page more friendly and clear --
that's on our To Do list, although not near the top right now)
* E-mail asking for web accessibility advocates, developers, trainers,
educators, evaluators, researchers, and editors to help EOWG -
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-eo/2010OctDec/0002.html
* Documents Under Review by WAI IG - http://www.w3.org/WAI/IG/#docs
We hope you can find an appropriate way to get involved now, and we
look forward to sharing more opportunities in the future.
Regards,
~Shawn
Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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phone: +1.617.395.7664
about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
[1]
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: w3.org site-wide markup review?
Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:15:38 +0000
Resent-From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:14:10 +1100
From: Chris Beer <[email protected]>
All
Why not start an "adopt a page" concept - members orgs and regular
users could adopt a page or a number of pages and check validity and
currency. Source code changes could simply be sent in and the page
re-uploaded with the new code.
Just a thought. :)
Chris
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