[CentOS-docs] Contributing to Wiki

Alan Bartlett

ajb at elrepo.org
Mon Apr 4 16:28:22 UTC 2011


On 4 April 2011 17:25, Jim Woods <redkilian at gmail.com> 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?

> 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 should post my existing website content review (not very short) just
> to the mailing list? Not as a wiki page where others can edit and
> adjust? A living document on the wiki and discussion on the mailing
> list, that's unacceptable?
>
> 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
> 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.

Do you have a "home page", Jim?

If so, use that. If not, Ralph will create one for you, if asked.

Alan.



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