[WikiCaretakers] Conclusions? [was: Wiki - not open to external volunteers?]

[Johannes Zarl-Zierl]

Hi,

So: Did we reach any conclusions from this discussion?

To summarize the thread up to now:


(1) Jonas observed that it's also possible to make pages world writable.

(2) Hugo mentioned that this is not a solution, as it does not allow people to 
subscribe to wiki changes. He said the current process deters people from 
getting an account, and that he feels that validation by a coordinator should 
not be required.
Hugo then suggested that we could make wiki accounts a special case, i.e. 
allow wiki-only accounts in addition to full accounts (if I understood that 
correct)

(3a) Jonas and Albert were against indroducing special cases, and implied that 
wiki-only accounts would still require manual intervention, thus having the 
same workload for less benefit.

(3b) I suggested to make the process less complicated. In particular to 
require fewer communication round-trips for the new volunteer. Suggested 
wording: [1]
Any position on that?


In the meantime, I've renamed the page, adding some infos from this discussion 
and spiltting it into two different viewpoints. I've not done any 
streamlining, though…

  Johannes


[1] https://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/wikicaretakers/2016-September/000034.html


On Samstag, 17. September 2016 12:39:41 CEST Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote:
> Hello Hugo,
> 
> [CCing wikicaretakers]
> 
> On Samstag, 17. September 2016 08:00:11 CEST Hugo Roy wrote:
> > I couldn't find any information on how to contribute to the FSFE wiki if
> > I can't already login.
> > 
> > The further I could get were these pages:
> >     https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/Wiki/NewUserGuide
> >     https://wiki.fsfe.org/Migrated/UserGuide#Volunteer_accounts
> > 
> > None of them actually describe how to join in and start contributing to
> > the wiki.
> 
> The correct page is a little hard to find:
> 
> https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/AccountCreation
> 
> We should eventually add a link to it on the page [TechDocs/Wiki] and also
> on [TechDocs/FellowshipServices].
> However, the information in TechDocs/AccountCreation is not entirely correct
> and/or not yet properly announce to coordinators.
> 
> Jonas should know more about how the account creation is intended to work
> for non-members. If the steps in [TechDocs/AccountCreation] are already
> finalized, they should be communicated to coordinators@ IMO.
> 
> > 1. What's our current policy on allowing external contributions to our
> > wiki? Are we afraid of opening it up, if so, why?
> 
> AFAIK, the new policy is: the wiki is open for (registered) external
> contributors.
> 
> > 2. If the current policy is to allow external contributions: where's the
> > page to subscribe?
> 
> See [TechDocs/AccountCreation] and https://fsfe.org/fellowship/ams/
> register.php?ams=register
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>   Johannes
> 
> [TechDocs/AccountCreation]
> https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/AccountCreation
> 
> [TechDocs/FellowshipServices]
> https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/FellowshipServices
> 
> [TechDocs/Wiki]
> https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/Wiki


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