On 01/02/14 04:41, Leigh Tate wrote:
Hi Team,
Geoff, before anything becomes official, can I make a plea for a
transition phase? As we look to possibly add new members, I think
it's only fair to them that we develop some guidelines as to what's
expected of team members. Geoff, would you be willing to at least
give some input on that? It would relieve my mind greatly.
We are not a discussion group, nor a decision making or policy
setting team. We are a working team so I think new members need to
know exactly what that means and how they can help, rather than
waiting to catch on. I'm not sure if we can keep a file somewhere on
LP, or perhaps we could amend the welcome message for the mailing
list. What do you all think?
One example I'm thinking of is the guidelines we developed for
checking NewDocs pages and moving them to ToBeReviewed.
Geoff, we'd need some instructions on how to find new links to add.
Knome's tool addresses most visited pages, but your method on finding
new, relavant links needs to be documented. We'll likely need some
instructions for using knome's tool as well, once we get them worked
out ourselves. Also the rationale for why we post updates to the
forum wiki thread the way we do.
Do we need one for adding interesting links?
Perhaps we should also think about asking folks with the expertise to
help with the pages on ToBeReviewed. That would be another tremendous
help.
Something else that I think is important is the way everything is
discussed with the team before being implemented. The team is an
important checking system and safety catch for keeping NewDocs up to
our high standards.
This is just off the top of my head, and I know there's more we'd
need to include so as to help new members
Geoff, if you could at least hang in there to help with this and
perhaps accept an emeritus status so as to avaliable for consultation
if the need arises.
Best wishes to all,
Leigh
----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Smith
Sent: 01/30/14 08:23 PM
To: newdocs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Newdocs] My Resignation.
Hi Team, I advise that I wish to resign from the NewDocs team as from
the 1st February. How do I go about doing that? Cheers, Geoff. --
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To the Staff emeritus status I say no. To a transition phase I also
say no.
My picking up new Pages is generally from the Recent Changes page.
knome's Page tool should cover that from now on!
As to any new links, I have generally picked up from Members
mentioning them on the forums.
I differ from your viewpoint about the importance of Team discussion -
I think there has been too much discussion.
With knome's tool I have a question - If page is older than 18 months
does it not be included or does it go 2B reviewed?
Also for example are not supported pages go to 2B reviewed or are they
ignored - 2B picked up by main wiki tags?
I do not consider that I have contributed much more than this summary.
My suggestion about interesting links went nowhere although now Links
page remains hidden little can be done.
I think that just about covers it - if you have 1 or 2 questions in
the next few hours I will try to answer them.
Cheers,
Geoff.
