[WikiCaretakers] Wiki - not open to external volunteers?

[Johannes Zarl-Zierl]

How about a slight streamlining of the existing procedure?

Add a field to the account creation form:
"Referral (Email address of the person referring you)"

Then we can write TechDocs/AccountCreation with less steps:

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== Account creation steps for volunteers ==

1. Register for an account
    You will receive an automatically generated password - hold on to it!
2. We will contact the person who referred you for details
3. We will inform you when your account is ready

=== Activating your account ===
Once your account is ready, you can activate it:

1. Log in with the password that you received
2. Choose a username and review your account settings
3. Change your password

Once you've set up a username, you can use our [[TechDocs/FellowshipServices|
services]] and make changes to our wiki.
As a starting point, check out [[TechDocs/Wiki]]
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I omitted the first two steps ( deciding where to contribute, get in touch with 
a coordinator) on purpose. I think that the likely situation when somebody 
wants to contribute as a non-paying volunteer is that he/she already knows 
someone of the FSFE that can vouch for the person.


> Not necessarily. Can't we consider the wiki a special case? Why does the
> subscription to the wiki necessarily need to be validated by a
> coordinator, etc.?

While I do think that it's a good idea to have some validation (i.e. somebody 
vouching for the new volunteer), I think the existing steps are indeed overly 
complex and a potential barrier.


Cheers,
  Johannes

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Johannes Zarl-Zierl
FSFE Gruppe Linz, Team Austria
https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Linz/
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