[D-community-discuss] Reactivating the project...

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

On Saturday 25 August 2007 03:05, Martin Albisetti wrote:
> > What do you think is missing most atm?
> I've been thinking about this point carefully, and the thing that pops
> into my head the most is "beginners support network".
> I think the best way to get this started is by having the resources
> available for "newbies" to come in, ask questions in a friendly and
> helpful environment, and actually get help.
>
> The basics I think would be:
>
> - A maling list
> - A forum (could be http://forums.debian.net/)
> - An IRC channel
> - A wiki for FAQ and Howtos[1]
> - A bunch of people willing to get the ball rolling

Except for the latter, we have all thse, though I agree thats it's too 
shattered. The problem I see is, we have too many lists, forums, irc channels 
and wikis.

> Once you help out enough people, they will be able to help others with
> basic problems, and that, I think, would be an active project.

Ack.

> [1] The current one is too hard for newbies to use since the creation
> of new pages is a pain in the... 

Whats the exact problem with it?

> It's probably related to 
> configuration then to ikiwiki, but we should solve it.

Indeed.


regards,
	Holger
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