On 27/02/07, Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> wrote:
When I come back to one
of these tasks after an absence, it takes concerted effort to navigate
the web of rules and templates and informal policies. Even simple stuff
like, "so what's the current policy on warning/blocking vandals, and
which of the 100+ user warning templates should I use?". It tends to
lead to me doing a small subset of things I feel confident in my
familiarity with (new-article and recent-changes patrolling, mainly, and
some prod-clearing), and avoiding anything else.
Ah, yep.
To be fair, some parts
of our "process" do have concise documentation on the relevant page with
nicely laid out bold text saying something like "If you're just
wondering how to do [x], do these steps: 1, 2, 3, 4", and in those cases
it's easier to get into them.
Rewrites for clarity are always a good idea, if you can form the
patchwork of special cases into something coherent without losing
hard-fought detail.
- d.