[maemo-community] Wiki Action Group: first task

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:04, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:56:12AM +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
>> Hi Anderson,
>>
>> Anderson Lizardo wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Dave Neary <dneary at maemo.org>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Do you know where should I point it from so it is not listed on as
>>> orphan? (we usually point it from our website and other places  
>>> outside
>>> the wiki)
>>
>> You could add it to the developer category, and it'll be linked to  
>> from
>> Category:Development (I just did this) - this takes care of the  
>> orphan
>> issue, but doesn't quite handle the question of how someone might  
>> find
>> the page if they're looking for information on Python development  
>> on Maemo.
>
> If I wanted to find information on Python development on Maemo, I'd go
> to maemo.org and type Python into the search box in the top-right
> corner.
>
> Currently the search results aren't very useful: the first hit is a
> mailing list post about python-mafw overrides.
>
> This is usually the point where I give up on maemo.org search and go  
> to
> Google.
>
> I would strongly suggest prioritizing wiki pages over mailing list  
> posts
> in the results list.

I strongly concur. This is more likely an issue with getting the  
search database to be properly weighted or favor certain types of  
output over another, but it any case, steering people to the right  
content is a huge win for devs.

Jeremiah