Hi Chris,
There are some existing projects that we could use your help with. I'm happy to
talk through those with you by phone. Feel free to give me a call at
+1-617-395-7664 or send me an e-mail off-list with a phone number where you
want me to call you.
Regards,
~Shawn
On 2/4/2011 3:56 AM, Chris Beer wrote:
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)
e-mail: [email protected]
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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