Re: Analytics on PHP.net

On 30 July 2014 20:49, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Mike Griffiths <mgriffiths@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 30 July 2014 19:53, Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mike Griffiths <mgriffiths@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > On 30 July 2014 14:14, Peter Cowburn <petercowburn@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> The most commented-on-docpages are also used by the doc team to see > >> what needs to be improved... That number is probably similar to the > >> most accessed docpage. > > > > > > How would someone see that data currently? > > https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php > And there is a weekly mail to phpdoc@ > > > Awesome, I had no idea this existed :) > > > >> > Things like this probably get little use because they're not known by > >> > everyone. If there was something added into the VCS login, or > whatever, > >> > that made it a bit more visible then it will likely get more use. > I've > >> > lost track of the number of times something has been suggested and we > >> > get > >> > "Oh there's a tool for that, but no one uses it", or even worse > "...it's > >> > been removed" - I wonder how much of this is because people aren't > aware > >> > of > >> > their existence? > >> > >> > >> People that work on things around here are pretty familiar with the > >> availabilities.. > > > > > > This seems very closed, which is part of the problem. Surely if there > are > > tools they should be made available to everyone who contributes. Most > > contributors aren't able to spend vasts quantities of time on things, so > > these sorts of metrics could be invaluable. I'm not sure a simple link > is > > asking too much... > > Then lets create a readme file or a wiki page? > Definitely. I think some sort of go to page for contributor resources would be invaluable. It's far easier to see what we're missing when we can see what we have. Thanks > > > -Hannes > -- Mike Griffiths - Blog <http://mike-griffiths.co.uk> mgriffiths@gmail.com