Re: help with Style Guide

[David Merrill <david lupercalia net>]

On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 12:49:49AM -0500, Trevor Curtis wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 07:07:00PM -0700, John Fleck offered:
> > Yes, and yes.
> > 
> > Yes, we already do this, but it is not uncommon to post something and
> > have zero or little review feedback.
> > 
> > And yes, I'd like it if we could be a little more formal with this now
> > that we're trying to adhere to a more rigorous style guide. In the
> > bottom-up chaos that is GNOME, we're not all that good at having more
> > formal systems for things like this, but I wouldn't mind trying. :-)
> 
> This sounds familiar to me now. I seem to recall an email you sent about 
> some methodolgies and ideas would could implement. This included the editor 
> idea. 
> 
> Should we maybe look into an editor(the person) for all the work we will be 
> doing in the near future?
> 
> any thoughts?

FWIW, we have been using an editorial system at the LDP since I
instigated it February of this year. It has been helpful, and has
provided a way for people who aren't technically skilled to help out.
Success has been limited, because we lack enough editors to edit every
document. We review and edit what we can, though, so we're still better
off than we were before.

I'd be happy to talk to whoever winds up with this role and share what
I've learned over the year.

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