Re: documentation for novice and newbies
Went to wrong list, sorry.
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 06:06:13PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 05:14:47PM -0500, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:24:35PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:14:43 -0500
> > > > Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > So what about novicedoc as a project title?
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't know what all questions alioth asks when one registers a
> > > > > project, but for a short description:
> > > > >
> > > > > Novicedoc: documentation for novices (people with no computer
> > > > > experience) and newbies (computer people new to linux and/or
> > > > > debian)....
> >
> > Novicedoc is a much better name than newbiedoc.
> > Now if we could find another word for newbie ... "newbie" sounds
> > undignified, and, more to the point, pejorative.
> > Let's not start by insulting our intended audience.
> >
>
> Horray, I'm registered on alioth as dtutty-guest!
> Who else in this discussion is? I think Andrei said he was (is that you
> as andrei-guest?
>
> Why not just drop the newbie in our documentation except where we have
> it to be seen by google. E.g. the debian site itself under support and
> documentation talks about things for newbies. A novice may choose to
> search for stuff for newbies.
>
> How about:
>
> alioth topic: system > installation/setup
> Novicedoc: Documentation for novices: people with or without
> prior computer experience who are new to debian.
>
> Alternate search words: novice, newbie
>
>
> Right now, according to the search engine on debian.org, there are no
> packages with the word 'novice' in their name.
>
> It seems that an alioth project can be listed under more than one topic.
> Debian seems to be for the debian stuff itself. However, System >
> installation/setup and System > systems Administration would seem to be
> appropriate.
>
> Doug.
>
>
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