Getting involved in the docs team

[Benjamin Kerensa]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Daniel Holbach
<daniel.holbach at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 25.03.2013 17:51, Daniel Holbach wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On 22.03.2013 14:40, Daniel Holbach wrote:
>>> In the next update of ubuntu.com/community we want to bring the
>>> information of all kinds of teams into a form like over here:
>>> http://pad.ubuntu.com/communitywebsite-contribute-documentation
>>
>> I just went ahead and put together
>> http://pad.ubuntu.com/communitywebsite-contribute-documentation
>>
>> If somebody could please go and review it and add missing pieces, that'd
>> be wonderful.
>
> I just had a brief chat with Liz and she noted that the following bits
> and pieces were missing: "so the core stuff of what's missing from docs
> team stuff is launchpad (what branch to use?), mallard (but you mention
> docbook..?) and in general how this is all handled".
>
> What I probably should have mentioned in my first mail was that
>  - on the wiki we'd like to have a bit more detail, like how to
>    specifically get started, which branches, etc.

This is covered on our /Repository page
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Repository

>  - on the pad page we'd like to have a bit more general
>    information, be more introductory, so people get more
>    interest in joining the team and excited about helping out

Which pad page? We do have some info here which should be quite
helpful in getting people started
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Tasks
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Editing
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Checking
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Submitting
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/BuildingDocumentation

I do think improvements are possible but in a nutshell contributing to
documentation from A to Z is there.... I think the biggest thing is
keeping tasks updated and just overall getting folks interested in
writing documentation.



>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Oh and please CC me on replies. :)
>
> Have a great day,
>  Daniel
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