FYI, I got wikiedit access and have updated the documentation to point
other people to get wikiedit access if appropriate. Thanks again.
Matt
On Sun, 2018-05-27 at 14:50 +0100, Matt McCutchen wrote:
Hi Petr,
Thanks so much for the information! Looks like the wikiedit group is
what I was looking for. Unfortunately, I'm now under contract with a
new employer that makes it unclear whether I can contribute to the
contributor docs, but I'll check back once this contract ends (end of
June).
Matt
On Tue, 2018-05-22 at 17:41 +0200, Petr Bokoc wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> Our contributor docs aren't really up to date at all. We're aware
> of the
> mess, it should hopefully change in the near future, but right now
> it's
> really bad as you found out.
>
> I added the missing link to the common bugs page, thanks for
> reporting it.
>
> Regarding wiki edit rights for any future contributions you might
> want
> to make: the requirement for a non-CLA group membership is
> unfortunate
> but it's here to stay, and yes, the docs group (and this list)
> seems
> like a good place to ask questions. The problem is, we just cleaned
> up
> the group maybe a month ago and removed something like 80% of all
> members because they were no longer active at all, and going
> forward
> we'd like to be able to rely on the people in that group being
> somewhat
> active, so I'm wary of adding people who state upfront they don't
> want
> to do that, although I do understand your situation.
>
> Anyway: there is a group called "wikiedit", a membership in that
> will
> give you wiki edit rights without any expectation of active
> participation, as far as I'm aware. Open an issue against the
> fedora-infrastructure repo on Pagure to gain access. Here's an
> example
> of such a ticket:
https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/684
> 1
>
> Hope that helps; let me know if I can do anything else for you.
>
> Petr
>
>
> On 05/20/2018 09:44 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> > Dear docs team,
> >
> > I found a mistake on the wiki (Fedora 28 needs to be added to
> >
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_bugs) and wanted to report
> > or fix
> > it, but it looks like to fix it, I now need one non-CLA
> > group. The
> > Docs group looked the most likely for this scenario, but based on
> >
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_Docs_Project , it looks
> > like
> > you expect an introduction and ongoing involvement, which I'm not
> > willing to commit to.
> >
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reporting_problems_with_Docs#I_fou
> > nd_a_problem_on_the_wiki
> > didn't give me any help either.
> >
> > Is there a process for people who just want to report or fix one
> > mistake on the wiki? Have I missed a previous discussion of
> > this? Or
> > should I pose the question elsewhere? I didn't find anything
> > useful
> > here:
> >
> >
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+group+to+join+if+I+just+want
> > +to+contribute+to+fedora+wiki&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t
> >
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/search?q=contribute+to+w
> > iki
> >
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/search?q=contribute+to+w
> > iki+group
> >
> > If you are willing to count this as my introduction and grant me
> > access
> > (FAS mattmccutchen) without an expectation of ongoing
> > involvement, I
> > will be happy to update the relevant places on the wiki. I've
> > been
> > using Fedora for 13 years and have a modest history of useful
> > wiki
> > contributions from before the restriction was introduced, though
> > I've
> > never been involved deeply enough with anything to join a non-CLA
> > group:
> >
> >
https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributio
> >
ns&contribs=user&target=Mattmccutchen&namespace=&tagfilter=&year=
> > 2018&month=-1
> >
> > However, my question stands what new users should do.
> >
> > Thanks for your attention!
> >
> > Matt
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