Hi, I used to subscribe to the view that stubs are "an easy way for contributors to cherry pick work". About four years ago as a MySQL employee I was involved in setting up and contributing to the 'MySQL User Guide' at http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_User_Guide. I just did a quick review of that wiki and don't see a single element added to the original content. Not terribly encouraging. In defence of stubs, I don't think the 'MySQL User Guide' was very well promoted--it's hard to find, not immediately clear that contributions are welcome and perhaps the size of the project is overly ambitious. On 28 November 2011 16:14, Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org> wrote:
Hi all,
What are your thoughts on adding stub articles/sections to the KB? For example, adding an article for how to specify account names without actually writing the content, along with a note to whoever comes along about what the article should contain.
I've seen stubs work well in other docs efforts. They're an easy way for contributors to cherry pick work. But with the "everything is always published" model of a wiki-like KB, stubs can be annoying to average readers, like a 90s-esque "under construction" banner.
Thoughts?
-- Shaun
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