Reviewing/editing chapters of the Base Handbook would be good. Tom incorrectly calls this "proofreading" but then goes on to correctly describe the (earlier) stage that's needed for most of the chapters, some of which have rough edges in the English after translation from German, as well as needing verification against Base itself. At some point we'll need to rationalise some of the terminology used by different translators, as discussed earlier on this list.
Check the Task List on the wiki for which chapters re at which stage of development. I think I've got one checked out, and I know I've been through some others, but several are awaiting attention. Working on Dan's chapters for the Base Guide would be good too. --Jean On 11/01/2013, at 2:25, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > I was thinking that a good start would be helping complete the Base Handbook. > How far has the handbook got so far? Would it be better for Winston to > start on proof-reading translated chapters to check the English and technical > sides? Then Jean to do the final proof-reading and publish after she gets > back? I think a lot of chapters have already been through proof-reading but > are there any that haven't or that could use an extra pass? Anything that > could help get the handbook out even faster? > > On the other hand getting stuck straight into writing a chapter for the full > guide would be fantastic. > Regards from > Tom :) > >> ________________________________ >> From: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013, 15:34 >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help? >> >> On 01/10/2013 10:01 AM, Winston Chuen-Shih Yang wrote: >>> Hi, everyone. >>> >>> I joined this mailing list recently. >>> >>> I recently responded to two emails on the libreoffice-users mailing list, >>> writing about SQL joins and grep, and Tom Davies emailed me about helping >>> with documentation. >>> >>> Specifically, Tom wrote about helping proofread the Base documentation >>> while the regular proofreader is away for two weeks. >>> >>> A little about myself: I'm into free software. I use Trisquel >>> (trisquel.info), which tries to be a fully free Linux distribution. It is a >>> derivative of Ubuntu. It is what the Free Software Foundation (fsf.org) >>> uses. My most recent programming language is Python. In the past, I used >>> SQL and databases. I tried Base long ago, but have almost no experience >>> with it. My only fluent language is English. >>> >>> Let me know how I can help, with the Base documentation or other things. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Winston >> I have two chapters in the Base Guide that could use someone to review >> them: Planning/Designing Your Database, and Data Input and Removal (Ch 2 and >> 3 respectively). I am working on chapter 4 (Data Output), and should have a >> draft of it ready for review before the end of the month. It is this chapter >> that I could use your opinions on chapter 4 specifically on the Query >> section that deals with using SQL when I finish. >> >> --Dan -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
