Wiki
Introduction
The Wiki Team is a sub-project of the DocumentationTeam, and takes care of the Ubuntu Documentation Wiki at https://help.ubuntu.com/community.
Projects
The main projects of the Wiki Documentation Team include:
Cleaning up older, out-of-date articles
- Updating existing articles
Organizing/Categorizing/Restructuring the current Wiki
- Maintaining existing articles
- Importing forum articles
- Adding new articles and information
Developing ideas to improve the organization of the documentation wiki, such as HelpWikiQualityAssurance
For more details about getting started, please read the Wiki Guide on the documentation wiki and check out our Tasks List.
Members
These are active Wiki contributors that new writers/contributors can look to for questions or guidance on what to do. They are a highly valuable resource and very easily approachable.
You can find out who is a member by checking out our launchpad page, located here:
If you aren't a member, don't worry. Feel free to edit/create new pages for the wiki as there are no restrictions regarding that.
By working together as a team, we can speed up the documentation process by preventing redundancy.
Applying to the WikiTeam
Before applying to join the team, please build up a portfolio of Wiki pages and edits that the team's administrators can take a look at.
In order to be considered, it is required to have several entries going back several weeks. You can see your history, and those of your fellow editors on the following pages:
When you feel you are ready to join, go to the Launchpad team page and click on "Join Team".
Discuss this page, or the wiki in general on the Docteam mailing list. Volunteer to help there too!