James Andrew wrote:
Hello everyone. You'll excuse me if I don't know the etiquette here.
I bothered Andreas earlier, thinking that the website might be broken
because I wasn't seeing the options described, then I realised that
the most likely explanation is that I need "author role" permissions.
I hadn't asked for them because, with a title like that, I assumed
that they wouldn't be needed if I were only reviewing documents (I
have no intention of trying to write anything from scratch yet!).
So I'm here asking for author rights, if that is what I need in order
to access the website as described in the contributor help. I guess
one of my first tasks might also be to rewrite the instructions for
beginners, too!
Am I supposed to introduce myself? Do you want to know who's
addressing you? Hmm. I'm from northern Britain but well travelled
around the world. I've been in the IT business for over ten years,
spending most of it either helpdesking or sysadmining [?], so I'm
accustomed to explaining the workings and concepts of software to
users. I spent five years at a community college, where older people
would come for computer classes, at about the time the internet went
mainstream. That really honed my ability to simplify things and make
things accessible for people.
I hope you'll accept me into your group.
Yes, indeed, welcome, James! I have now changed your permissions so
you can download and upload files.
Thanks for introducing yourself. Your background does sound useful.
Feel free to suggest improvements to the instructions. However, I do
point out that on the first page of the site it says, as the 3rd point
under Getting started:
"Request author role (reviewers, indexers, or proofreaders as well as
writers need this)."
--Jean
