[Volgograd] [Fwd: Linux documentation issues]

[Taras Ablamsky]

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From: Jim Sansing <linuxwiki на yahoo.com>
Subject: Linux documentation issues
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I apologize in advance for the following:
   - While I program in about 25 computer languages, I
only speak English.  Hopefully these translators will
help:
     - http://babelfish.altavista.com/
     - http://www.systransoft.com/
     - http://www.google.com/language_tools
   - If you have received this more than once, I
collected Linux User Group addresses by hand from
their sites for this single mailing, I am not trying
to spam anyone

I have written an article that was published on
LinuxToday about the state of Linux documentation:

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http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2004110600126OPCYSW

For Google's translation of the article:

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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=%22Where+Have+All+the+HOWTOs+Gone%22&btnG=Search

I am now polling Linux User Groups to get a sense of
how much support there is for creating and maintaining
a central Linux HOWTO Wiki.  If you know of any
interested groups that might not be receiving this
email, please forward it to them.

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Please poll your members to find if there is support
for the Linux HOWTO Wiki project that I am
recommending in the article.

I would appreciate the following information:

   1) Are there at least 5 members willing to commit to
creating an initial subsection of the Linux HOWTO
Wiki?

     ___ Yes      ___ No

   2) Are there at least 3 members willing to commit to
one year of maintenance for that subsection of the
Linux HOWTO Wiki?

     ___ Yes      ___ No

   3) Does the group have a preference for the hosting
site (if multiple choices, please rank in order of
preference)?

     ___ Linux Documentation Project

     ___ Existing Linux help sites

     ___ Google

     ___ Other:

        _______________________________________________

        _______________________________________________

        _______________________________________________

   4) Does the group prefer that posters be required to
create a user id to reduce the possibility of
defacement to wiki pages?

     ___ Yes      ___ No



I will be collecting this information for about a
month.  When I am done, I will publish the results in
a followup article at OSNews.  Hopefully, this will
lead to a quantum leap in the quality of Linux
documentation.

Jim Sansing
Linux User Group member since 1996




		
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Taras Ablamsky