- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:17:24 -0400
- To: Francesco Iovine <f.iovine@gmail.com>, Martin Beeby <Martin.Beeby@microsoft.com>
- CC: PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com>, Jonathan Garbee <jonathan@garbee.me>, "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org>
Great idea, Francesco! Let us know what we can do to help. On 4/20/15 9:44 AM, Francesco Iovine wrote: > Hello all, > > I've recently stepped up as organiser of the following meetup group in > London, and rebranded it as Web Platform London, as an experiment: > > http://www.meetup.com/WebPlatform-London/ > > The idea behind this experiment is to promote self-organised free > meetups, in cafes or offices, but mainly in cafes, of people keen to > share a project, knowledge etc. and participate in building the Web > Platform with a number of activities, including writing documentation. > > I would love your feedback, before giving up or start building the > community. > > Warm Regards, > > Francesco <http://www.francesco.iovine.name/> > > > On 11 April 2015 at 10:01, Martin Beeby <Martin.Beeby@microsoft.com > <mailto:Martin.Beeby@microsoft.com>> wrote: > > On a personal note. I wanted to contribute more than I have... Life > gets in the way. Maybe you have given me the prompt I need to get > more involved. > > Kindest Regards > Martin Beeby > Technical Evangelist > Skype: thebeebsuk > Twitter: thebeebs > Phone: 0118 9092895 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: PhistucK <mailto:phistuck@gmail.com> > Sent: 11/04/2015 09:48 > To: Jonathan Garbee <mailto:jonathan@garbee.me> > Cc: public-webplatform@w3.org <mailto:public-webplatform@w3.org> > Subject: Re: Webplatform dead? > > While it is not dead, some vendors (or a single vendor?) are > instructing their members to prefer > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/RNk93vpOaV8/2_hw97dJ0NQJ> > other > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/RNk93vpOaV8/fhNVU0s8DCQJ> > documentation venues. > To me, this is really sad. > > Perhaps you can do something about it? > > > ☆*PhistucK* > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Jonathan Garbee > <jonathan@garbee..me <mailto:jonathan@garbee.me>> wrote: > > These kinds of projects also don't just get a jump start then > take off and keep going. Initial interest happens, all the > people who are just interested head out, then you are left with > a far smaller group of core contributors. Then over time that > core group even changes as life happens and new shiny things > come along. (Try to recall the often provided bell-curve of tech > adoption, then make the curve narrower and far more dramatic. > Then toss a few more curves in over time.) > > Documentation projects in particular have one major flaw, people > don't feel it is worth their time to contribute. They are paid > to do write code that functions and move on to the next thing. > So taking time out to contribute to a document is hardly on > their mind. WPD is in a very slow-pace area and we want > contributors that really care about the quality of their work. > That quality comes at the cost of things moving even slower. > > Things aren't dead, they are just stagnant. As WPD offers wider > community engagement then hopefully we can collect a few more > core contributors that will make things not seem so slow. I'd > much rather have a handful of core contributors that do true > quality work then an army of low-quality contributions that > makes things seem more active. The content provided is far more > useful in the end that way. > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org > <mailto:schepers@w3.org>> wrote: > > Yes, Austin has been a really prolific contributor > (thanks!), and we also have Nishanth Babu adding beginner > DOM tutorials, among many other contributors and content. > > We've actually concentrated quite a lot on infrastructure > over the last few months; Renoir has done a great job. > > We're even adding over some new functionality, like > specs.webplatform.org <http://specs..webplatform.org> that > hosts more experimental specifications, and adding a > technical discussion area where developers and designers can > ask questions about spec development. Our emphasis is on > closing the gap between standards development and developers. > > Regards– > –Doug > > On 4/10/15 6:31 PM, Austin William Wright wrote: > > Slow maybe, not dead. Over the last month I've touched > almost all the > HTML element pages, merging duplicates, adding examples, > correcting > normative references, and importing data. > > I also noticed a great TLS/HTTPS upgrade, and MediaWiki > upgrade, iirc. > So even the server is getting love, it's not just me. > > Austin Wright. > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Ric Johnson > <ric@opendomain.org <mailto:ric@opendomain.org> > <mailto:ric@opendomain.org <mailto:ric@opendomain.org>>> > wrote: > > Is the WebPlatform project dead? I have not seen > any progress in > quite a while. > > I thought this was an amazing chance to help new > developers learn > web technologies, but it seems that we have dropped > the ball. > > Is there anyone interested in kicking this project > back on gear? > > Ric Johnson > OpenDomain > > > > >
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