MDC:Newsgroup summaries

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• How to create a summary
• Groups to be summarized

If you have any questions about anything related to the Newsgroup summaries, please ask on mozilla.dev.mdc or email deb@mozilla.com.

[edit] Introduction

The MDC is working to provide a new service where, once (and only once) per week, volunteers construct and publish a summary of each Mozilla newsgroup's major discussions and decisions. I've created an example summary here.

The purpose of these summaries is to make it easier for everyone to stay aware of the major happenings in all groups without having to read all of the groups themselves.

These summaries would be initially created in this wiki, and then posted to the MDC DevNews weblog.

[edit] How to create a summary

If you would like to help create a newsgroup summary, the process is very simple:

1. Pick the newsgroup you would like to summarize.
2. Find that newsgroup's page on this list (below).
3. On the newsgroup's page, create a link for for this week's summary page. See the mozilla.dev.planning page for an example. Note: Summaries should cover a one-week period from Monday through Sunday. Some overlap is ok.
4. Create the summary, formatting it like this.
5. When the summary is complete, send an email to deb@mozilla.com so it can be posted to the DevNews weblog.

[edit] Groups to be summarized

mozilla.governance mozilla.legal mozilla.marketing mozilla.dev.accessibility mozilla.dev.ajax mozilla.dev.apps.bugzilla mozilla.dev.apps.calendar mozilla.dev.apps.camino mozilla.dev.apps.chatzilla mozilla.dev.apps.dom-inspector mozilla.dev.apps.firefox mozilla.dev.apps.js-debugger mozilla.dev.apps.minimo mozilla.dev.apps.mozilla-suite mozilla.dev.apps.other mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird mozilla.dev.apps.webtools mozilla.dev.builds mozilla.dev.documentation mozilla.dev.embedding mozilla.dev.extensions mozilla.dev.general mozilla.dev.i18n mozilla.dev.l10n mozilla.dev.mdc mozilla.dev.mozilla-org mozilla.dev.performance mozilla.dev.planning mozilla.dev.platform

mozilla.dev.quality mozilla.dev.security mozilla.dev.crypto mozilla.dev.tech.css mozilla.dev.tech.dom mozilla.dev.tech.editor mozilla.dev.tech.gfx mozilla.dev.tech.html mozilla.dev.tech.java mozilla.dev.tech.javascript mozilla.dev.tech.js-engine mozilla.dev.tech.layout mozilla.dev.tech.ldap mozilla.dev.tech.mathml mozilla.dev.tech.network mozilla.dev.tech.nspr mozilla.dev.tech.plugins mozilla.dev.tech.rdf mozilla.dev.tech.svg mozilla.dev.tech.widget mozilla.dev.tech.xbl mozilla.dev.tech.xforms mozilla.dev.tech.xml mozilla.dev.tech.xpcom mozilla.dev.tech.xpinstall mozilla.dev.tech.xslt mozilla.dev.tech.xul mozilla.dev.themes mozilla.dev.usability mozilla.dev.web-development

[edit] Notes

Technical questions and answers should not be included in these summaries -- these are for project discussions, decisions, announcements, and meeting notices. If there is a technical question in a newsgroup that you think should be in the MDC documentation, please write it up as a new article in this wiki. That sort of work is also very much appreciated.