Wiki

• FrontPage
• RecentChanges
• FindPage
• HelpContents
• FrontPageV3

Plan :

1. - List ideas for front page contents

2. O - Select ideas for front page contents
3. O - Choose a layout
4. O - Make drat
5. O - request for comments (Marketing, etc..)
6. O - rewrite "1st level" pages

(O=Todo ; = Work In Progress ; = Done)

Front page entries

Analyse of Current Structure

• Header

• Welcome to _Debian_ Wiki (8335 Hits)
• News (5301 Hits)

  • Lesson : News are important (to show we're active/successful), but visitors don't click on the link. FranklinPiat.

• Community (3747 Hits)
• Contribute to Wiki (4340 hits)

• Debian

• Quick Introduction (1683 hits)
• Quick Install (20130 hits)
• Quick Package (14472 hits)

• Users

• Desktop (33661 hits)
• Software (27044 hits)
• Hardware (33837 hits)

• Administrators

• Command Line (18433 hits)

  • wrong : This page is about "how", not about "what". move it to New users section. FranklinPiat

• System Administration (33480 hits)

  • wrong : This wiki isn't a place for documentation, it's a place for collaboration. see #collab-not-docs.FranklinPiat

• Network Services (21161 hits)

  • wrong : Network services is part of system administration. FranklinPiat

  • wrong : This wiki isn't a place for documentation, it's a place for collaboration. see #collab-not-docs.FranklinPiat

• Developers

• Debian Development (8321 hits)
• Programming (7195 hits)

  • wrong : This wiki isn't a place for documentation, it's a place for collaboration. see #collab-not-docs.FranklinPiat

• Tools (9404 hits)

  • wrong : This wiki isn't a place for documentation, it's a place for collaboration. see #collab-not-docs.FranklinPiat

• FindPage (32494 hits)

• DebianWiki/Contact (805 hits)
• You can also talk about this page ().

• Footer

  • I want the legal mention at the bottom of the page, so current entries of the footer will have to go somewhere else FranklinPiat

• MoinMoin Powered (? hits)

• Python Powered (? hits)
• Valid HTML 4.01 (? hits)

Consideration

• What our visitors expects ?

  • But keep #collab-not-docs in mind

  • But do we actually have some content for that ?
• Which pages the visitors actually visit ( ! )
• What do we want to show ?
  • Debian is active.
  • Debian is successful.
  • Every one can contribute (Link to pages like Teams/* and "How to Contribute" )

  • This wiki is a place to provide solutions (?HowTo)

FrontPage V3 entries

• Search the wiki box.

• Some random news (times.debian.net; DPN ; DDN)

• FAQs (Current FAQs ! needs collaboration with IRC #debian team, and other project)

• ?HowTos (real ones, not just rewrites of existing manpages)

• Get Debian link.

• Get Help

  • Newcomers corner (How to find a program for my need ; How to install a program ; root ?

  • DebianResources (or something more similar to the former DebianSupport page).

  • Documentation : Explain that most documentation are NOT on the wiki ! point to release notes DebianDocumentation .

• Contributing
  • Introduction to how Debian works.

  • Contribution ideas ( TestDebian, HelpDebian...)

  • Teams and/or Projects.

  • Choosing a package for a purpose (like also WebServers).

• Developer

  • GettingPackaged

  • Debian developer (dummy page. redirect to d.o/devel

Other candidate entries

• Schedule

Front page guidelines

collab-not-docs

The wiki is a place for collaboration, not for documentation, see DebianWiki/Content