Tags on wiki.ubuntu.com not working

[David D. Lowe]

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 22:50 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
> It's an interesting question. We've traditionally made an exception
> for this document because it relates to how to contribute to the wiki
> itself and it could be confusing to new contributors to move them away
> from the help wiki and back again. Plus it links to certain pages,
> like the Tag series of pages for example, which *have* to be internal
> to the help wiki because of the way they are used. I think it's
> justified.
> 
> If people disagree we could add this to the agenda for the next
> docteam meeting for discussion.
> 
> 
That makes sense.

It's not all clear to a new contributor like me what the difference
between wiki.ubuntu.com and help.ubuntu.com is. For example, this is how
arrived at the Tag page:

     1. I visited the wiki[0]. Despite the very first paragraph's
        explanation that the wiki isn't meant for documentation, I
        missed it. I suppose it's because the heading is "Getting Help
        with Ubuntu", and I didn't bother to read the paragraph which
        explains that the wiki isn't about getting help with Ubuntu at
        all.
     2. I clicked on "Get Involved" [1], then "Documentation". This led
        me to the DocumentationTeam page [2]. There's a distinction
        between "system documentation" and "wiki documentation", the
        difference between wiki.ubuntu.com and help.ubuntu.com really
        ought to be re-emphasised here.
     3. Clicked on "wiki documentation" [3], then
        "organizing/categorizing/restructuring". I arrived at a page [4]
        that is still on wiki.ubuntu.com.
     4. Click on the "tag system" [5]. Suddenly, I'm now in
        help.ubuntu.com, which from its appearances looks very
        out-of-date.

If at all possible, I feel that all documentation about contributing
should be on wiki.ubuntu.com, and all end-user documentation on
help.ubuntu.com. The latter's theme really needs to be updated to
encourage its use and maintenance. I know that's probably on somebody's
TODO list somewhere, so consider this a gentle reminder. :)

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam
[3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Wiki
[4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Wiki/Tasks
[5] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tag