Wiki entries around transaction importing

[Geert Janssens]

On Saturday 13 February 2016 16:22:34 Jim DeLaHunt wrote:
> Hello, GnuCash users and wiki contributors:
> 
> As I mentioned in a recent post to gnucash-user, I recently began a
> spurt of transaction importing, after a long pause. I got
> re-acquainted with the importer for OFX transactions, and its
> Bayesian matching capabilities. A couple of things didn't go smoothly
> for me, so I'd like to see how I can turn that into contributions to
> the relevant parts of GnuCash.
> 
> I think there might be room for improvement of Wiki entries around
> transaction importing, Bayesian import mapping, and the underlying
> GnuCash code and file format structures.
> 
> The only relevant content I found on the Wiki was the above FAQ, and
> this article "Bayes": <http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bayes>.
> 
> "Bayes" has some interesting information and a helpful Perl script,
> contributed by YeOldHinnerk last year. I'd like to do some writing and
> refactoring here.  I'd like to record some things I found out about
> GnuCash's importing, about Bayesian import mapping, and about the
> underlying GnuCash code and file format structures.
> 
> I'd like to a create a wiki page "Importing transactions" to be a
> top-level pointer to details like "Bayes", to tools, and the
> underlying code and structures.
> 
> When that is ready, I'll propose that "Importing transactions" get a
> link from the wiki root page, <http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GnuCash>.
> 
> I get the impression that the contribution model for the wiki is to be
> bold, and edit content pages, and to discuss on -user instead of on
> wiki Talk pages. So that's what I'm doing. If anyone has advice about
> how to structure and guide this writing, please let me know. (I'm
> leaving YeOldHinnerk a note on their wiki user page too.) After a bit
> I'll get started. There will be certainly be room for  improvements
> or corrections after the first text is written.
> 
Thanks for your offer to help out Jim. That's appreciated.

As far as I know we have no strong guidelines other than use common sense:

- Use neutral language (as opposed to offensive)
- Structure your pages using structure markup (like headers) instead of presentation markup 
(bold/underline). The latter can of course be used to highlight things

That's about all I could come up with :)


Your proposal of a top-level "Importing transactions" is a good one, so go for it! Adding it to 
the root page can only be done by a couple of core devs (in an effort to reduce spam 
pollution), so ask for it when you feel the page is ready for it.

I also believe it's a good idea to regularly report your progress and query for feedback on the 
list. Most people are not monitoring the wiki and would not be aware of your work if you didn't.

And with that said, have fun!

Regards,

Geert