- From: Eduard Pascual <herenvardo@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:33:11 +0200
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Eduard Pascual <herenvardo@gmail.com> wrote: >>> "Post to this mailing list, with the name of the spec you're commenting on >>> in square brackets at the beginning of the subject." >> Ok. Now... is something as basic and fundamental as that said anywhere >> on the W3C or the CSS site? I have noticed that convention over time, >> but it's the first time I see it explicitly laid out anywhere. > > It's in the boilerplate preamble to every spec. You're forgiven for > skipping over it. ^_^ I'd swear I had sometimes read that part of the specs (especially while I was getting used to the meaning of the different stages of the process; since it's on the same paragraph). Now, seriously: wouldn't be appropriate to set up a FAQ-like page to put all these things together? Things that could go there include: - Conventions, such as that one. - What is welcome from external contributors. - What is *not* welcome from external contributors (spam, flaming, and trolling are the obvious ones, but also "How do I?" questions, and possibly other stuff, you'll know better than me). - Links to the resources for the most common things that are sent here but should go somewhere else. - Advise on how to structure postings (for example, if you look at the WHATWG's FAQ [1], it takes a few lines to explain the difference between top-posting and inline replying, and why the later is preferred). Also, some guidance on how to describe use-cases and requirements would be useful. IMO, there should be an easily findable place gathering all this kind of stuff together. As this thread has been going on, I have grown to realize that the only real issue about the W3C's process is the lack of proper understanding of the process by the potential contributors. Regards, Eduard Pascual [1] http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ
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