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

Tue Jun 28 19:38:25 UTC 2011

Okay, well I'm really glad to have received this feedback.

Everything related to the project, including its priorities and so forth
live at http://bitbucket.org/okfn/open-data-manual. Specifically, do take a
look at the wiki and the issues tabs.

I like the idea of weekly 'ideas for this week' emails. I was just wary of
flooding people's inboxes.

On 27 June 2011 23:51, Sara Farmer <sara.farmer at btinternet.com> wrote:

> **
> 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, 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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