"Getting involved" on dlang.org?

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 at 01:40:36 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 21:01:17 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> There is a lot of low hanging fruit, stuff that doesn't even 
>> require coding.
>
> You know, I just want to point out that writing documentation 
> is actually really quite hard... you need to know how it works, 
> well enough to write about (which can be even harder than just 
> writing it yourself, especially with the complex 
> implementations in Phobos) while being able to write... and 
> still knowing what new readers know and don't know so your 
> documentation is readable to them.
>
> I think the reason documentation is kinda poor in so many 
> objects is that it is actually really hard to do.

No, it is not easy. Even writing a good manual for a microwave is 
not easy. But some people are good at it and may want to 
contribute. Let's say there's a technical writer/reviewer who 
wants to add things here and there. We should make it as easy as 
possible for them.

Again, as I said to bachmeier (the name sounds Bavarian, btw), if 
the system is so complicated, there's something wrong.

Then again, simple changes like typos, fixing and adding links is 
not complicated at all. First start with the easy bits, and once 
people feel more confident, they can move on to more challenging 
tasks. However, the introduction and setup should be painless. I 
think this is very important, else we lose a lot of potential 
contributors.

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