[open-data-manual] Eliciting further contributions - any suggestions?

[Sara Farmer]

I agree with Antti that technology isn't the issue here.  The need is 
for more good text - wherever it's placed.  I had problems working out 
where to start helping with this: i.e. with knowing which sections 
needed more help, which were essentially complete, whether I could add 
in a new one.  Maybe a little guidance on that - or an email once a week 
with "we need help building out the section on X and can someone 
contribute something on Y" might help.

I dunno.  I want to help, but sometimes we all need our hands holding a 
little.

Sj.

On 06/27/2011 06:16 AM, Julian Tait wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think it would be good to talk about this at the OKCON - for those 
> of us who are going to be there - as I find the process of 
> contributing difficult. Many of the platforms that have been suggested 
> for submission are alien to me. I do believe there is a cultural issue 
> with all of this and I do want to contribute. I did a bit of work on 
> the Wordpress version, but it seemed that it was made redundant as 
> soon as it started.
>
> Julian
>
> On 27 Jun 2011, at 10:45, Antti Poikola wrote:
>
>> Personally I don't believe that technology is the issue. How about 
>> some sort of kick-start (re-start) as part of the coming Open 
>> Knowledge Conference in Berlin?
>>
>> -Jogi
>>
>> On 27.6.2011 12:39, Tim McNamara wrote:
>>> Hi all, I'm a little concerned that we haven't been able to muster 
>>> any contributions after starting this group.
>>>
>>> Sara F had a suggestion a few weeks ago that GitHub might be a 
>>> better place to store the content. I have also been considering 
>>> http://booki.cc <http://booki.cc/>, which powers the very successful 
>>> FLOSS manuals.
>>>
>>> Is the technology the issue? Is there anything I can do to make 
>>> things easier or more interesting?
>>>
>>> Tim McNamara
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