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Re: Bits from the DPN editors



Hi!

MJ Ray schrieb:

> wiki.debian.net doesn't have a low entry barrier.  I know there's some
> way around the "Immutable Page" tag but I don't remember what it is
> (my memory is pretty spotty) and a quick search didn't find much -
> it's not mentioned on wiki.debian.org/HelpOnEditing, for example.

Uhm... It has a lower entry barrier than any VCS, doesn't it?


> Finally, I've had past experience of contributions to debian
> newsletters being rewritten buggily and don't see how DPN differs.

I know, that these things happened in the past.  But surely you noticed,
that the editors changed in the meantime?

To the best of my knowledge, we had three cases, where we had to rewrite
larger contributions to the DPN.

- In the second DPN I changed the "opener", since I thought it was the
proper thing to say a thank you after the great feedback we got after
the first issue has been release
- In one issue I needed to shorten the paragraph about debimg, since it
was way to long
- In the last issue we exchanged the part about DebianDay Brazil with a
more general one


Of course there will always be "editorial changes" (added links,
proofreading, change of order, so the important articles are the first,
etc.).  I don't think there's anything wrong about that; that's the
first time this issue has been raised.


Best regards,
  Alexander

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