Re: Cast of Characters and Credit

On Aug 29, 2006, at 9:57 PM, James Britt wrote:

> I have some people who want to interview me, and I know I'll be  
> asked about ruby-doc.org.  There seem to be at least a few people  
> who misunderstand what I contribute to the documentation process,  
> and I want to be sure that all the people doing the hard stuff get  
> recognized.
>
> I also think a credits page on ruby-doc.org would be nice.
>
> I know that the bulk of the Ruby API docs was written by Dave  
> Thomas, but I don't want to be guessing about the current state.
>
> I believe that Ryan Davis and Eric Hodel are now the owners of the  
> rdoc/ri code.

Correct.

> Who are the folks writing docs?  And who else deserves credit for  
> one thing or another related to ruby-doc.org or the doc process?     
> (Aside from authors of standalone content on the site; the names  
> are attached to the items, unlike most rdoc stuff.)

When checking in documentation I add names to the ChangeLog of the  
submitter.

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