Improve contributing process

[Floppy]

Dropped prose.io, and updated instructions. Makes logging in a lot easier for new users

[PaulJRobinson]

How can I check out the new system if this hasn't merged yet? Whilst I can imagine the Github editting system to be extremely functional and rugged (and not lose those edits you mentioned) I'm not convinced it will be a more appealing option to the non-techie.

[Floppy]

A good point. Try this, it'll be the same:

• Open an anonymous browser window, or log out of github
• Visit https://github.com/openpolitics/manifesto/edit/gh-pages/contributing.md (or some other page)
• Try to edit

[Floppy]

The github UI is more complex, but prose.io's login handling is so fraught with error that I think this is an improvement.

[Floppy]

Actually it looks like prose's auth handling is currently broken, so hopefully this will get a fix and we can go back to using it. See prose/prose#643

[Floppy]

Interestingly, we're not the first to switch back for exactly this reason: Project-Interoperability/project-interoperability.github.io@017be3a

Will see if I can find time to try to fix this in prose, unless they come up with a fix fairly soon.

[Floppy]

I think this PR would be good to merge as the prose flow is currently broken, but I will change it back as soon as it's fixed, that's a promise, as I agree the UI is better for new users.

[PaulJRobinson]

👍

[philipjohn]

👍 with one suggested tweak to the text:

• "Some existing contributors will have to agree to the change before it's merged into the master version"
• "There will then be a vote, and possibly debate, amongst contributors on whether to adopt the change"

Just because the former could be interpreted as sounding like it goes through some sort of self-appointed approval committee rather than a democratic vote.

[Floppy]

Good change, have integrated it.

[frankieroberto]

👍

[Floppy]

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