It only takes a moment to ask to be added as a wiki contributor; if you email the dev list or ask on irc, somebody with privileges will ordinarily add you within a day. It may be a psychological barrier, but it isn't really a practical one. Still, if you feel the policy is incorrect, raise this on the dev list also.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Peter Lin <wool...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've tried to contribute docs to Cassandra wiki in the past, but there's > an obstacle. > > currently wiki.apache.org/cassandra is locked down, so only commiters can > edit it. I really wish that wasn't the case, since it wastes time. the > commiters are busy writing code. Having to email a commiter and ask them to > update it feels silly to me and kind of goes against openness. Back when I > was active with JMeter, we decided to leave it open so that anyone can edit > the docs. > > I can't be the only one that wants to help make the docs better, but get > frustrated with the wiki being closed. > > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:25 AM, <spa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would like to help out with the documentation of C*. How do I start? >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Robert Stupp <sn...@snazy.de> wrote: >> >>> Just a note: >>> If you have suggestions how to improve documentation on the datastax >>> website, write them an email to d...@datastax.com. They appreciate >>> proposals :) >>> >>> Am 23.07.2014 um 09:10 schrieb Mark Reddy <mark.re...@boxever.com>: >>> >>> Hi Kevin, >>> >>> The difference here is that the Apache Cassandra site is maintained by >>> the community whereas the DataStax site is maintained by paid employees >>> with a vested interest in producing documentation. >>> >>> With DataStax having some comprehensive docs, I guess the desire for >>> people to maintain the Apache site has dwindled. However, if you are >>> interested in contributing to it and bringing it back up to standard you >>> can, thus is the freedom of open source. >>> >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Kevin Burton <bur...@spinn3r.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This document: >>>> >>>> https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations >>>> >>>> … for example. Is extremely out dated… does NOT reflect 2.x releases >>>> certainly. Mentions commands that are long since removed/deprecated. >>>> >>>> Instead of giving bad documentation, maybe remove this and mark it as >>>> obsolete. >>>> >>>> The datastax documentation… is … acceptable I guess. My main criticism >>>> there is that a lot of it it is in their blog. >>>> >>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com <http://spinn3r.com/> >>>> Location: *San Francisco, CA* >>>> blog: http://burtonator.wordpress.com >>>> … or check out my Google+ profile >>>> <https://plus.google.com/102718274791889610666/posts> >>>> <http://spinn3r.com/> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> http://spawgi.wordpress.com >> We can do it and do it better. >> > >
