[CentOS-docs] Contributing to Wiki

Mon Apr 4 16:40:07 UTC 2011
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

On 04/04/2011 05:25 PM, Jim Woods wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Karanbir Singh<mail-lists at karan.org>  wrote:
>> The wiki isnt a mailing list, please dont use it to 'communicate' with
>> people.
> Are you serious?

Absolutely!

> You're telling me it's not acceptable "procedure" to create a wiki
> page, say WebsiteVer2/WireFrame, where folks can post an image for the
> website design, then discuss on the mailing list and point people to
> that wiki page to look at?

I can imagine there will be a fair few ideas thrown around, so sticking 
with the list initially would be better. If not, a vcs instance to host 
such would be far better than putting it in the wiki.

> Now, I am going to guess this is a mis-understanding. That you thought
> I was just going to post my email verbatim to the wiki. That is not

That is what it sounded like...

> the case. All I wanted to do was create the starter pages like the
> ones I mention above, then post to the mailing list and get the
> discussion moving forward. It seemed inefficient to me to try and use
> the mailing list for the collaborative work portion and not the wiki.

The 'work part of the website ver2' is meant to take place in a 
development centric tool, like openatrium, rather than overloading what 
is essentially a flat-text target, ie the wiki.

As Alan pointed out, a good place to start might be under your username 
on the wiki.

- KB