[uf-discuss] Idea: beginners/getting started list

[Frances Berriman]

On 10/6/06, Chris Ball <chris at rubal.co.uk> wrote:
> Frances Berriman said:
> > Another thing I'd like to see (and this may exist, but I've missed
> > it?) is a listing of formats that have been suggested and rejected for
> > whatever reason.  It's fairly (barely) managable at the moment since a
> > person can have a dig about in the mailing list for previous
> > discussions - but as we grow as a community it's going to become
> > difficult.  All we need is a page on the wiki listing what was
> > suggested, with a link to the relevant thread on the mailing list
> > perhaps.
>
> Yeah, an archive of suggestions and discussions around them would be very
> helpful, I should imagine. Having a quick look at the Microformats site, I
> notice the only reference to any help (outside of discuss) is the 'Wiki'
> link on the About page -- which, if you don't really know what a wiki
> does, is a bit confusing. Maybe it's worth taking a tip from some of the
> 'Web 2.0'-style sites and changing the main site to use friendly, if basic
> language ("Help" for wiki for example)

Yeah - definitely.  It would be nice to allow an easy way for people
to get into the discussion and get a good overview of where we already
are (what's worked and what hasn't) before they even get to the
mailing list, basically.  Apart from anything, the list is going to
become repeatative quickly!  It's a good reason why splitting these
discussions off to a seperate list will help too.

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Frances Berriman
http://www.fberriman.com