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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I think, new comers may want to know how to contribute and how to join the project/program from the wiki page.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">I would suggest to add such guides clearly in the wiki page.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Best regards<br>
Ying Chun Guo (Daisy)<br>
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<tt><font size="2">Stefano Maffulli <stefano@openstack.org> wrote on 2014/01/07 07:55:33:<br>
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> Stefano Maffulli <stefano@openstack.org> </font></tt><br>
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> To</font></tt><br>
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> "General, OpenStack" <openstack@lists.openstack.org>, </font></tt><br>
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> cc</font></tt><br>
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> Subject</font></tt><br>
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> [Openstack] Wiki love for projects pages</font></tt><br>
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> There are quite some differences between wiki pages for the projects and<br>
> more often than not I and others end up having to hit the search button<br>
> to find out small details about a project, like who's the current PTL or<br>
> when the project has its meetings. Also, sometimes reporters land on a<br>
> page hosted on our wiki and they assume that whatever is on the wiki is<br>
> officially endorsed by OpenStack as a whole.<br>
> <br>
> To alleviate these issues, I think it would be good to make sure that<br>
> all project pages standardize on showing a minimum amount of common<br>
> details in an easy to read fashion. Something like the Infobox you see<br>
> on many pages on Wikipedia.<br>
> <br>
> I scanned the wiki and tried to collect a minimum set of data already<br>
> shown but not consistently. For example, an infobox template would look<br>
> something like:<br>
> <br>
> {{Infobox<br>
> <br>
> Full name = OpenStack Networking<br>
> Code name = Neutron<br>
> Source code = <br>
> Bug tracker = <br>
> Blueprints =<br>
> RoadMap =<br>
> Developer doc =<br>
> Current PTL =<br>
> Meetings =<br>
> Status = Integrated | Incubation | Related<br>
> FAQ = Link to Ask/tag=<br>
> <br>
> }}<br>
> <br>
> The rest of the page would have more information like:<br>
> <br>
> * Objective<br>
> (like the programs pages, state what the intention of the project is/not)<br>
> <br>
> * Resources for developers<br>
> (anything useful, from links to etherpads, howtos, names of<br>
> volunteers...)<br>
> <br>
> * Subpages<br>
> (automatically built)<br>
> <br>
> * Related projects and related pages<br>
> (automatically built list of pages in the same project/program category)<br>
> <br>
> The (incomplete, I assume) list of pages that need this sort of<br>
> standardization:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/wiki-templatization">https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/wiki-templatization</a><br>
> <br>
> Questions for you: are the details in that infobox enough? What to<br>
> add/remove?<br>
> <br>
> Any other suggestion to improve the presentation for newcomers<br>
> (developers, users, end users) of the pages above?<br>
> <br>
> Cheers,<br>
> stef<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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