grub2 pages

[David Manuel Pires]

Hi guys,

On 19 September 2013 21:31, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> That page would be an excellent one for people to cut their teeth with!
>
> To those who are taking the plunge, may I give a little piece of personal
> advice? When editing a page and you're not 100% of a formatting option,
> open up the two links provided when you enter editing mode:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpOnEditing and
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax as separate tabs. In fact,
> I'd go as far as to suggest bookmarking them and reading through them in
> small chunks over several days. It really is good information. (I have them
> both bookmarked).
>
> Do not worry about messing up, use the preview button to see how things
> look. If you get really confused as to where you are you up to, use the
> cancel button. Also remember that unless you actually delete attachments
> any alterations can be rolled back. There is nothing to fear in wiki
> editing except fear itself :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
>
Even though I'm a complete newbie at it, I would like to help an to take a
stab at it, provided I get some help and tutoring from you.
We all have to start somewhere I do want to take a plunge into it, now that
my work with the Manual Team, editing the 13.10 upcoming manual, is almost
done.

Regards,
David

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/slickymaster



>
> On 19 September 2013 21:24, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Phill :)
>> I think we might well be able to handle this one without you!  The main
>> aim was to find something people could useful get embroiled in so that they
>> can rack-up some questions about wiki-editing.
>>
>> So, don't worry about this one this time chap :)
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Phill Whiteside <phillw at vpolink.com>
>> *To:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
>> *Cc:* MARTIN DIXON <mh.dixon at btinternet.com>; "
>> ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 September 2013, 21:02
>> *Subject:* Re: grub2 pages
>>
>>  I should be able to help out with grub2 stuff, I'd need to dust off the
>> cobwebs but I did work with drs305 (Dave Stan) on getting instructions up
>> back when grub2 was launched. However, I do ask that everyone understand
>> that as an iso-tester and admin guy for lubuntu-qa my time is getting a bit
>> more limited as we approach the release of 13.10. The final beta is out on
>> Monday with lubuntu having 7 sets of ISO's to test by Thursday, along with
>> a rather ugly bug that has just cropped up this late in the cycle in the
>> kernel, it's a getting busy!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>>
>> On 19 September 2013 20:52, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi :)
>> I think all the technical stuff is there so it's hopefully just a case of
>> deleting my bit about "signposting from older links" and then maybe
>> smoothing out some of the rest of it and maybe de-geekifying some bits.
>>
>> So, i suspect that you might be an ideal person for the challenge.  You
>> probably wont be able to read the whole page because there is quite a lot
>> of it so maybe just do a small chunk at a time.
>>
>> I think the idea is that each paragraph might be enough of a nudge to
>> someone who used to know the subject area but then gives a link to people
>> who need more detail?  Although it might be that paragraphs are just a
>> brief intro before giving the link to the relevant sub-page.  I'm not sure
>> which is best in each case.
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* MARTIN DIXON <mh.dixon at btinternet.com>
>> *To:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>; "ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com"
>> <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 September 2013, 20:39
>> *Subject:* Re: grub2 pages
>>
>> @Tom How much of a challenge for one who knows nothing about Grub or
>> sub-pages?  Serious question - the bigger the challenge the more you learn.
>>            (Dentist tomorrow so don't rush back)
>> Regards Martin
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
>> *To:* "ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 September 2013, 19:41
>> *Subject:* grub2 pages
>>
>> Hi :)
>> If anyone or a group of people are looking for something to get their
>> teeth into the the Grub2 pages might usefully be tidied up a bit.
>>
>> Someone really keen tried to modularise it by taking chunks out to form
>> their own sub-pages.  He was well on the way to making that 1st page much
>> easier to use and navigate through but some fool got involved and the
>> mission went a bit sideways.  I think all that bit in "Displays" about
>> "Signposting from older links" should come out now imo.  (yes, the fool was
>> me).  All that is really needed in the "Displays" tiny section is the link
>> to
>> Grub2/Displays <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Displays>
>>
>> which is a large enough sub-page (off the main Grub2 page) in it's own
>> right.
>>
>> Seeing how the other chap set-up that sub-page and the other ones he did
>> is a good way of learning a wiki-editing skill that few understand,
>> sub-pages, and how easy it is to do a relative link to them.
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
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