[SeasonOfDocs] TheGoodDocsProject: Attracting non-techie contributors

[Sanket Totewar]

Thanks for creating a separate thread. It's a great question.

Just a thought - I reckon most writers are familiar with Google Docs or
Microsoft Word so we might vote and look into creating a 2-way integration
between GitHub and Google Docs/Office 365.

Alternatively, we could create a document on how to use GitHub Desktop for
our project. With Atom or another supported IDE installed (to edit the
files in markdown), it's seamless to pull, fetch, commit, etc.

I'll be happy to own the latter if enough people vote on this.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 8:51 AM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 29/7/19 7:21 am, Jennifer Rondeau wrote:
> > Related but not quite on topic: how do we want to solicit and
> > encourage contributions? Are we assuming only contributors who are
> > already familiar with a Git workflow? That would definitely keep some
> > good work away, based on my experience with writing day sessions for
> > the Write the Docs guide at WtD conferences.
>
> Folks,
>
> I've changed the title of this email in order to create a different
> thread. In email lists we've found it reduces confusion when we stick to
> one topic per thread.
>
> Jennifer, good question, and one I touched on in
>
> http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2019/02/inspiring-techies-to-become-great.html
>
> I wish there were tools that allow a writer to add track changes and
> comments as easily as Google Docs or Word, but also have the rigour and
> accountability provided by git. I don't think tools are there yet, so we
> need to compromise.
>
> I think that rigour is important for the long term, and so I feel we
> need to make use of git from the start, and we can encourage tool
> builders to improve usability in the long term.
>
> I'm starting to form the opinion that in the interim, we should
> encourage use of track changes in Google Docs for first round
> brain-storming, then we should switch across to git.
>
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