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Hi,

Actually I did check the team public facing wiki which hasn’t been updated since 2015 and the Launchpad team which shows no driver.

So yes I did look into it where things should be documented and what was apparent based on publicly available information on the documentation teams wiki and launchpad is that:

  1. It has not been very active in years
  2. It’s wiki page hasn’t been updated in five years
  3. It’s launchpad team doesn’t show a driver or lead

So if there’s something different going on perhaps who ever is driver if there is a driver should address outdated public facing info where new contributors are being directed by the OP.

Do you expect people to expect something different occurring when the public facing entry points for contributors show a defunct group? As a former doc team lead i can say when i was on the team we kept these updated and there wasn’t any guess work as to whether the team was active.

Also looking at the team the last time a direct member was added was 2016 and of course this team is also owned by the Community Council which itself has been defunct more than a year.

So where can a new contributor find out where things work? Shouldn’t that be “documented”? Who is the team lead? When are meetings held? (Mailing list shows no regular meetings)

So please explain what’s unfounded? What’s incorrect in what i said? You haven’t given any example.

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It’s true that wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam leaves quite a bit to be desired. But that’s not what you talked about in your first post. Instead you made some statements which are simply not true. As a former team leader you should know better than jumping to such malicious conclusions.

@dsmythies and I are here, and even if it may be surprising to you, neither of us appreciate to be called “nobody”.

Some facts:

  • If you click the “Help” button in the launcher, the desktop guide shows up, and if you go to help.ubuntu.com, the web version of the very same guide is made available in many languages for the supported Ubuntu versions. And you know what? It was not “nobody” who fixed that.

  • The wikis are up and can be edited by 672 members of the ubuntu-wiki-editors team as well as Ubuntu Members and developers.

  • The mailing list, which is still the primary point of contact, is up and running, and anybody who shows a serious interest in contributing gets all the guidance needed and is added to the relevant teams as appropriate.

With that said, it would of course be nice if more people in the community showed a serious interest in contributing to documentation. Doug and myself are still around, mostly due to a sense of duty. We focus on getting the most important work done and guiding those who make themselves known as prospective contributors.

Our motivation to keep doing it does not increase when a former team leader comes here and pick on us the way you did in your first post.

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I’m here for something very simple and need some help. I am part of the OSArch project to highlight free/libre software for architecture, engineering, construction and operations.

The page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuEngineering needs an update but it is protected against editing

You need to be a member of the Ubuntu Wiki Editors team; please read more here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide#Contributing

Edit:

I see that you already applied to become a member. Good.

@gunnarhj I requested to become a member too Thanks!

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Was there ever any follow-up on this?

Such a course, in various forms, has been taught many times over the years.

However, it’s often less useful than you might think. Everybody has different interests, so a one-size-fits-all course can fall flat for many folks.

That’s why the advice at the beginning of the thread is structured that way.

Ubuntu is open source, and many initiatives are community driven. Any Ubuntu participant can dig out the various materials from their favorite Search Engine and re-offer the course (including you). You don’t need anybody’s permission.

I had a hard time getting past the picture at the top. It’s pretty clear that I should be a young white male to contribute. Or maybe an older white male.

I got to this page from the 21.04 release announcement, so I didn’t just find it in the undergrowth somewhere. It shouldn’t be hard to change the picture to something other than a bunch of young white men working together, and it would make a big difference.

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Hi Torix!

Thanks for signing up and welcome to the Ubuntu community. And thank you for pointing out where we can do better, to make the community more welcoming to everyone. We’re going to be changing up the artwork to find something that better represents our community and the community we want to build.

If you have any other questions on getting involved, please let us know!

Monica Ayhens-Madon
Ubuntu Community Representative

Even after prolonged contemplation, I have not managed to see young male white men in the logo.

But that’s probably because I’m an unimaginative person.

Ah, this miscommunication is on me, there was a picture of said young white males at the top of this post and I removed it after @torix 's quite right post while @madhens responded.

We figured it would be better to just have text while we find a more representative image. I don’t think the problem was with the logo :sweat_smile:

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Aaahhhh, that explains a lot. Indeed I did not see the picture.

Thank you for the clarification.

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An opportunity for an image submission contest.

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Why you did not provide keyboard and touch pad a lock shortcut?
It is very usuful for they have kids (:slight_smile:

Hello Ubuntu

Is there an official link about how to contribute in Ubuntu? I mean, what to use: the tools, the Programming Language to use (C, C++?, other?), where to get the source code (Github?) - how and where to test a new feature to be committed/delivered, anything to read a complete and best (friendly detailed) guidance, it from beginners to advance.

I arrive here thanks to:

https://twitter.com/dr_pompeii/status/1424050903351451648

Thanks for your understanding

Hello! We have a longer guide here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu, though we know our documentation for people getting started needs to be refreshed and updated. I think the questions you have and your point of view could really help the process! Would you be interested in helping with the process?

Testing is a fantastic place to start, and if you join the Telegram group or #ubuntu-quality on irc.libera.chat, our Testing community is extremely helpful, and we will be gearing up to start testing the Impish Indri beta images soon!

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Hello!

Thanks for the first link I am going to read it carefully - and I want add polite and friendly suggestions in this thread.

Would you be interested in helping with the process?

Yes, of course, that’s why we had communication through twitter :slight_smile:

Testing is a fantastic place to start, and if you join the Telegram group or #ubuntu-quality on irc.libera.chat,

I am going to take the second approach - is it about of Libera Chat, right?, - I am assuming the mIRC client should work too.

our Testing community is extremely helpful

Sounds great!

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Thanks for the lessons

Hello,

I am a Lead Technical Content Strategist in a large software company and would like to become involved in the Ubuntu documentation proofreading process. Please advise.

Many thanks.