[wp-docs] Major Housekeeping

[Carthik Sharma]

I would like the process to conform to some norms. If in doubt, please
ask before diving in to remove the CopyEdit tags etc. If you are in
the slightest bit of doubt, do not remove the copyedit tag, but
copyedit it anyways.

Carthik.

On 5/23/05, lorelle at cameraontheroad.com <lorelle at cameraontheroad.com> wrote:
> Carthik made a plea in the IRC Meetup last Wednesday that he needed 5 or so
> people this past weekend to really clean things up in the Codex. I know it
> was last minute and then not announced on the mailing list or to a wider
> audience, and attendence was justifiably low.  I've recommended to him that
> we need to do a Codex Wiki Week, a week long (one weekend to a second
> weekend) major maintenance recruitment.
> 
> 1. Check out the new http://codex.wordpress.org/Codex:Cleanup Sign up list
> and information
> 2. Promote this (if it meets approval from you all) heavily in the Forums
> and different WordPress sites.
> 3. For those who are now "in charge" of administering certain areas, make a
> list of the tasks/articles you need done in your section and add it to the
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Codex:Tasks list so we know what is needed and
> people can see where they can help.
> 4. If you haven't signed up to be responsible for an area or for a task in
> the Codex - get in gear, folks.  It doesn't mean you have to spend every
> waking moment in the Codex, but a couple hours or less a week would be nice
> payback for this fabulous software...hint hint with a hammer.
> 
> The last couple of "Wiki Days/Weekends" were a total bust.  I know everyone
> is busy, but if we put all our energy into a concentrated effort, we can get
> the big holes in the documentation fixed and get on with the fun of the rest
> of our lives...until the next major WordPress Release means we have to
> change things.
> 
> If you are looking for new ideas on what to add or do on the Codex, here are
> some sources:
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Codex:Tasks
> http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Lorelle/Codex_Categories (think about what
> is missing from the categories)
> http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Lorelle/Articles_Wanted (effort to fill in
> the blanks based on other program's TOC)
> http://www.wordpress.org/support (If the word is big in the new tag heat
> map, then we need articles about it)
> 
> Lorelle
> 
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