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= Summer of Documentation =
Due to the success of the same effort that took place in 2008, the '''2009 Summer of Documentation''' was another effort by a handful of Ubuntu Forums [[BeginnersTeam]] members to help get the [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/|Community Docs]] up to date by working with the Ubuntu  [[DocumentationTeam]], particularly the [[DocumentationTeam/Wiki| Wiki Team]].

= Major Work =
== Quality Control ==
In 2008, the Documentation Team started implementing the [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tag|Tag]] system on the Community Docs.  This year we finished the transition from the old Category system to using Tags (with the help of some who did not contribute directly to the Summer of Documentation).  This new system makes it easier for users to track what pages need attention on the wiki, and what type of attention is required.

== Orphaned Pages ==
The fact that the wiki is open for anybody to work on, pages can easily get isolated from the rest of the existing documentation.  One of the tasks this summer was to help setup links to and from [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OrphanedPages|Orphaned Pages]], which are pages that aren't linked to from anywhere else inside the wiki.

== Wiki Pages ==
Of course, a key component to getting the Community Docs up to date involved actually working on pages that were tagged for Cleanup and/or Expansion.  These are pages that the BT members contributing to the SoD did heavy work on.  It is by no means a complete list of the work done, but highlights some of this year's most visible achievements.

||<rowstyle="background: #DBBA75;"> Page || Editor || Date Finished (Year-Month-Day) ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxRelatedPages|FirefoxRelatedPages]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-04-11 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnomeTerminal|GnomeTerminal]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-04-11 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gedit|gedit]] || drs305 || 2009-05-01||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades|EOLUpgrades]], [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes|UpgradeNotes]], [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgrades|FeistyUpgrades]], [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgradesManual|FeistyUpgradesManual]], [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades|GutsyUpgrades]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-05-01 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions|BootOptions]] || drs305 || 2009-05-05 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoverLostDiskSpace|RecoverLostDiskSpace]] || drs305 || 2009-05-07 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/StartUpManager|StartUpManager]] || drs305 || 2009-05-10 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto|GnuPrivacyGuardHowto]] || thewrath || 2009-05-19 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage|IconsPage]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-06-08 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageCDs|PackageCDs]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-06-10 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/USB|USB]] || Silver_Fox || 2009-06-17 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TheGIMP|TheGIMP]] ||  Silver_Fox || 2009-06-17 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement|SoftwareManagement]] || Silver_Fox || 2009-06-28 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metacity|Metacity]] || drs305 || 2009-06-30 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/slrn|slrn]] || andrew_46 || 2009-07-04 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToGetHelp|HowToGetHelp]] || Silver_Fox || 2009-07-06 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Rhythmbox|Rhythmbox]] || Saj0577 || < 2009-07-24 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Geany|Geany]] || Saj0577 || < 2009-07-24 ||
|| [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2|Grub2]] || drs305 || 2009-07-26 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pidgin|Pidgin]] || drs305 || 2009-07-29||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem|BackupYourSystem]] || starcraft.man  || 2009-07-31 ||
|| Housecleaning and page deletions || Rocket2DMn || All Summer ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gufw|Gufw]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-08-02 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto|XChatHowto]] || drs305 || 2009-08-02 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite|SimpleBackupSuite]] || starcraft.man || 2009-08-02 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firewall|Firewall]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-08-02 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IsoImage|IsoImage]] & [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountIso|MountIso]] & [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManageDiscImages|ManageDiscImages]] || starcraft.man || 2009-08-05 ||
||[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuCashHowTo|GnuCashHowTo]] || duanedesign || 2009-08-06 ||
||[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuCash|GnuCash]] || duanedesign ||   2009-08-06 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC|VNC]] || Silver_Fox  || 2009-08-08 ||
||[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConfigurationCommandLine|NetworkConfigurationCommandLine]] || duanedesign ||   2009-08-13 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW|UFW]] || Rocket2DMn || 2009-08-16 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdubuntuRecipes|EdubuntuRecipes]] || cprofitt || 2009-08-16 (redirection to cookbook page) ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/QuickTips|QuickTips]] || lukjad007 || 2009-08-16 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR|TAR]] || starcraft.man || 2009-08-16 ||
|| [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/find|find]] || andrew_46 || 2009-08-21 ||

== System Documentation ==
There was also some effort this year to work on [[DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation| System Documentation]].  Though we won't list specific items here this year, we expect that this is a field which BT Wiki Focus Group members will get more involved with in the future.

= Closing =
This year was a successful followup to last year's effort, and again we hope that it had a positive effect on the Ubuntu community.  The Beginners Team will continue to contribute to the Community Docs and other areas of Ubuntu Documentation, esp. as we approach the release of Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala."

I would like to thank all the members of the Beginners Team who helped contribute to this project in any capacity - your dedication and commitment made this year's SoD another success.  The Beginners Team would also like to thank the DocumentationTeam for supporting our efforts.  '''Thank you.'''
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