Adopt a FAQcat

[denise]

So, docs! I know it's been sadly neglected over the past few months. matgb will be stepping in to give things a hand over time, but he's suffering from Life Explosion right now and hasn't gotten a chance to really get up to speed.

What I'd like to do, in preparation for a big Docs Push in second quarter or so, is "adopt out" each of our FAQ categories: have people claim them to work on updating existing FAQs and identifying gaps in each FAQ category for FAQs that need to be written. The categories are:

About Us: dilate_andrea
Your Account: silk_spectre
Journal Entries: sofiaviolet and silverflight8
Comments: dragonfly and levini
Comment Security
Journal Styles
Your Profile: katieastrophe
User Icons: delladea
Communities
Managing Communities
Relationships
Notifications
Organizing
Feeds
Explore
Site Options
Current Issues: domtheknight
Conflicts With Other Users: (this should be done by me and the Terms of Service team)
Miscellaneous


Cat wranglers (cat herders?) would:

* Read over each FAQ in the category and revise them for style, prose flow, and accuracy.

* Add any new material needed, such as things DW has developed since the last revision.

* Identify any new FAQs needed and file bugs in Bugzilla for them to be written. (Or write them yourself!)

You would need to have strong writing skills and a good knowledge of how DW works. (You don't have to be a DW master, but you should be willing to explore and poke at things, and to read back over old code tours in dw_dev to see what's changed and what needs to be documented.) At first, you'll post your revised versions here to dw_docs; over time, once you get more established, we can give you the ability to edit the FAQs on the live site yourself. Be sure to read the Manual of Style!

If you want to adopt a FAQcat, comment here with the category you're interested in. If you and a friend want to work together on a single cat, that's fine -- just work it out amongst yourselves and let me know.

Comments

[katieastrophe]

Interested, any of these work for me, ** indicates particular interest:

About Us **
Your Account
Journal Entries
Comments
Your Profile **
User Icons
Relationships
Notifications

[denise]

Sorry for the delay in responding (*mumble mumble internet mumble*) -- how about taking Your Profile?

[katieastrophe]

Life is very busy at the moment but I will certainly do my best. If you/Fu wouldn't mind doing a shout in the next news update that I'd appreciate some help, that would be excellent.

[denise]

I'm so sorry about the delay on my end, too! (We certainly are a pair, aren't we?)

I'll pencil you in for Your Profile, and please do feel free to post here and ask for help :)

[katieastrophe]

okies; I shall wait to see if I have any volunteers to help before trying to tackle it alone...

[sofiaviolet]

I don't think I can take on an entire cat, but I would be happy to assist someone else, or to just have random FAQs flung in my direction to be rewritten. :)

[silverflight8]

*out of the blue* Want to collaborate? I'm up for anything except current/known issues. That one scares me ;)

[sofiaviolet]

Hey, sure! :D I can take on any cat, I think.

[silverflight8]

Want to do Journal Entries? (That one's probably easiest.) Or something else...?

[sofiaviolet]

Journal Entries looks doable. :)

[silverflight8]

I've put up a post here so we don't spam this thread ;) I'll go off and read the whole FAQcat now. :P

Denise: what should I/we do when we find things? Or want to add stuff? Do we just PM, or open a support request, or respond to a post...?

[denise]

Make all your changes, then upload a text file of the full category (with titles) to a new Bugzilla item! (Instructions are at http://dw-docs.dreamwidth.org/28143.html -- if you want, I can make the bug for you.)

[silverflight8]

Okay, thank you! (also I want to hug you for the manual of style, which is sensible and clear and usable, omg.)

[domtheknight]

I can make some time to go over Current Issues. I know we haven't done that recently in Support but since it's sort of our cat we should.

[denise]

I'll put you down for Current Issues, then!

[dmsj]

I've no specific cat in mind, but I'm happy to tag along on someone else's, or try to take one that is leftover at the end.

[denise]

How about starting small and picking up the Organizing or Feeds category? Or, if you're looking for a bit more of a challenge, the Explore and Site Options categories both need a bunch of expansion.

[silk_spectre]

Can I try Your Account?

[denise]

Quite, quite belatedly (I'm so sorry!): yes, please do, if you are still interested! I've penciled you in for the category.

[silk_spectre]

No worries! I'm still interested. :) I'll see if I can get started this week.

[delladea]

I would be willing to take on the User Icons category.

[denise]

Quite, quite belatedly (I'm so sorry!) -- yes, please do, assuming you are still interested! I've penciled you in for the category; let me know if I can answer any questions, and I promise to be better at it than taking a whole two months to get back to you :P

[dilate_andrea]

I´ll take any of these
About Us **
Your Account

[denise]

I'm so sorry that it's taken me so long to get back to you! silk_spectre has claimed "Your Account", but I can pencil you in for About Us if you're still interested.

[dilate_andrea]

Yes, I am.

[denise]

Awesome. Thnk you :)

[dilate_andrea]

No problem.

[dragonfly]

I'll take Comments.

I'd love to have someone volunteer to help me with it, too.

[levini]

hmm i can take a small FAQkitten on ... (wants to pet one so badly) if anything i can help DragonFly out i have some form of time to work a little on it

[dragonfly]

Hi. I'm not exactly certain if we've been given the go-ahead, but maybe we should talk via PM?

[denise]

Whups, my bad (I am so very behind on everything) -- yes, please, grab and go :)

[levini]

Sure Dragonfly Np ...
and ok Denise ...

[dragonfly]

Hey, I got your PM but I can't answer because apparently your account is set up to refuse PMs.

Would you rather email me? dragonfly [at] mojavedragonfly [dot] org

[levini]

oh darn ... sorry about that ... sure ill email you ... whatever makes you feel comfortable ... or to maintain contact and communication
if you want here is mine ...
Ringmaster.Levini{at}yahoo{dot}com

[azurelunatic]

Whatever zarhooie picks, I am assisting her.