[Slackdocs] Editing Rules

Gerardo Zamudio gerardo at gerardozamudio.net
Thu Aug 30 11:11:45 CEST 2012


On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 2:52 AM, Barry Watson <barry.watson23 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks to all who have contributed positive improvements to the page I
> started. I'll make sure that I type up anything on my local machine before
> I add it to the wiki in future. To be honest, I didn't know that any
> amendments had been made to the page as no changes had appeared on the page
> I was editing.
>
> I'll be much more careful in future and will get up to speed with the wiki
> software before I do anything else - last thing I want to do is irritate
> people whose help and contributions I've requested.
>
> Thanks for efforts and my apologies again for clumisness/ignorance on my
> part - I've not used any wiki software before at all, beyond a couple of
> changes to existing pages on Wikipedia.
>
> All the best
>
> Barry
>
>
> On 08/29/2012 06:05 PM, Nocturnal Slacker wrote:
>
>> I posted this on this talk page --> http://docs.slackware.com/**
>> talk:slackware:beginners_guide<http://docs.slackware.com/talk:slackware:beginners_guide>and I believe it is important enough to be repeated on this list.
>>
>> ======
>>
>>  I believe an important rule of wiki etiquette needs to be stated here
>> and now for the record:
>>
>>     -- Major edits should NOT be performed on any contributor's
>> submissions here without his/her express knowledge and permission. (with a
>> record of discussion on the Talk page)
>>
>> Exceptions to this rule:
>>
>>     1. The author is unknown or no longer an active participant here.
>>     2. Editing is required to correct vandalism.
>>     3. Minor grammatical, punctuation, wiki formatting edits.
>>     4. Blatant errors - in which case, a note should be placed within the
>> article by a Staff Editor stating that the information is incorrect as it
>> currently appears and will be amended soon (once the original contributor
>> is notified).
>>
>>     -- For all of the above, a record of the editor's reasons and further
>> discussion should be present on the Talk page.
>>
>> And finally, I completely understand a contributor's anger and
>> disappointment when their work is improperly altered. It can take hours to
>> research, compile, and finalize and article. To have that work
>> substantially edited by someone later without the courtesy of prior
>> discussion is wrong and will not be tolerated by the Slackware Linux
>> Documentation Project Staff or community.
>>
>> Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.
>>
>> — V. T. Eric Layton 2012/08/29 09:27
>>
>> ======
>>
>
>
We appreciate your reply and clarification, Barry. :)

Could you please take a look at the comments left for you by Eric on the
article's talk page?

Thanks!
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