From: pat eyler <pat.eyler@...>
Date: 2004-12-03T07:45:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Central, Inc. Codefest Grant Program

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 07:41:04 +0900, why the lucky stiff
<ruby-talk@whytheluckystiff.net> wrote:
> James Britt wrote:
> 
> > What would it take to get a similar effort to contribute to both the
> > quantity and quality of documentation for Ruby programmers everywhere?
> 
> I imagine some high-quality documentation could come out of a Codefest
> focused on it.  With some acting as writers, others organizing the
> concepts into tutorials and critiquing the work as it comes out.  Others
> could take the documentation and build a cohesive site from it.

making a good documentation plan  part of the judging criteria for
determining who gets the awards would go a long way toward ensuring
that the docs get written.

I agree with James too though,  it would be nice to put together some
kind of incentive for quality translations/documentation.  maybe we
could use one of the existing community systems to collect small
bounties and pay writers.

-pate


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