The friction you feel likely is more than just perceived. Perseverance can often break past it and sometimes a disruptive spinoff proves to be required.
I work at a company where the typical employee is 20-30 years older than I am. It is often a struggle to get people to adapt to change, the key is to persevere. As an example, I just finished participating in a 4-year effort to get my organization to adopt Git!
Often, projects like TLDR are necessary as proofs of concept to help the old guard understand the value of an idea or initiative. Even something as simple as this discussion existing might help people see an unmet need or expectation exists. And sometimes, when the old guard fails to respond, it is worth spinning those projects off with a group who sees the "new way" as clearly as breathing oxygen and replacing the old way of doing things completely.
Your list of bullets is a good one. To be honest with you, I've only contributed to open source docs a small number of times, submitting merge requests to Canonical. So, I will give updating a man page a try and see if I can figure it out.
I work at a company where the typical employee is 20-30 years older than I am. It is often a struggle to get people to adapt to change, the key is to persevere. As an example, I just finished participating in a 4-year effort to get my organization to adopt Git!
Often, projects like TLDR are necessary as proofs of concept to help the old guard understand the value of an idea or initiative. Even something as simple as this discussion existing might help people see an unmet need or expectation exists. And sometimes, when the old guard fails to respond, it is worth spinning those projects off with a group who sees the "new way" as clearly as breathing oxygen and replacing the old way of doing things completely.
Your list of bullets is a good one. To be honest with you, I've only contributed to open source docs a small number of times, submitting merge requests to Canonical. So, I will give updating a man page a try and see if I can figure it out.