A little over 18 months ago, Ariane K. and I started our tenure as co-leaders of the Drupal Documentation Team. We spent a lot of time working on organization, design, processes, and tools to make it easier for Drupalists to contribute to and use Drupal documentation, and I’m very proud of the many improvements we were able to make (of course, with the help of lots of other contributors!) during that time.
Ariane decided to end her co-leader term at the end of 2011, and I was planning to stay on as team leader until the end of 2012. But I’ve decided to end my term a bit earlier than I had planned, and so I am announcing today that I’m stepping down as the official Documentation Team Leader. This will allow me to concentrate on the Drupal volunteer work where I feel I’m making the most positive impact (and which, not entirely coincidentally, I enjoy the most):
- Reviewing and committing documentation and coding standards patches to Drupal Core
- Maintaining the API module (the module that powers api.drupal.org) and a few other contributed modules
- Improving tools and infrastructure on Drupal.org for documentation and for programmers
Due in part to changes in the design, processes, and tools for documentation that Ariane and I helped to put in place, I think that people in the larger Drupal community are now feeling much more empowered to create and edit Drupal documentation than they were 18 months ago, and I’m not sure when the Documentation Team Leader position will be filled -- or even if we need to fill it. People in the Drupal project are currently exploring Drupal community governance, and among the questions they'll be thinking about are the leadership and structure of the Documentation Team -- so expect an announcement sometime soon.
But in the meantime, I’m sure the community as a whole will continue to write and improve Drupal documentation, and I hope that everyone who considers themselves part of the Drupal Documentation Team will continue to take pride in the great job you’re all doing every day.
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Thanks
You've both done an amazing job.
Hats off to the two of you!
Indeed !!
Indeed !!
What Lee said!
You've been a source of inspiration and brought some great changes to the docs system. Kudos for all you have done! :-)
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Thanks for all your work
It is difficult to express how much I appreciate the work you have done. Thank you.
There's not a big enough number
Doing Doc work often isn't sexy, but in a project THIS size, it's CRITICAL. As I stumble around Drupal, learning here and there, I'm SO glad there IS documentation that exists. It's also nice when someone during Core Mentoring Hours cant just send me a URL to a doc that clearly explains what I need to (try) to do.
Thanks a HOJILLION for ALL you contributions, both you AND Ariane K.
Such a great contribution!
Drupal.org and all its users have greatly benefited from the work you have done as Docs Team Leader, and will continue to benefit from the important work you do as Drupal Core Committer for documentation, and maintainer of the API module (and dozens of other things too numerous to list). Thanks so much!
Thanks!
Just wanted to add my thanks to your hours of work toward documentation.
Shari
I may be different,
may I never be indifferent.
Thanks, Jennifer, for your
Thanks, Jennifer, for your contributions to the community and for the support you've given me over the years. I look forward to the contributions you'll make in those areas you enjoy them most!
Thanks!
Great Job...
Thanks for all your work on
Thanks for all your work on documentation.
I look forward to further changes to API module. Just about every day I work with Drupal I find myself really appreciating how much easier it is to get around the API site thanks to improvements you've made.
You've both done an amazing
You've both done an amazing job in the (unenviable) role of docs leads. I appreciate your dedication and hope to see you again soon!
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Many thanks!
I really appreciate the work you have done on documentation. There is such a huge difference in the documentation from the time I started working with Drupal 4-5 years ago until now. And the past 18 months have seen some even greater improvements. Thanks so much for your dedication to an often thankless job.
DSquaredB
Danita Bowman
Great work
You ve done a great job , in the past years . Documentation is a much easier landscape to navigate. I just wanted to give Thumbs up. We appreciate your effort.
Great Work!
I've just started with learning Drupal and I've been reading up on documentations every night. Thanks for putting in a great effort! Really do appreciate it. PS. I'm trying to covert my Wordpress site www.autolust.com to Drupal. Definitely not an easy thing.
great job done!
great job done by you guys.