Hi :) Thanks Jean :) Good to know. I think this is the tasks list? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Base_Handbook Ch1 & 6 (JHW and DEL) are checked out but there are plenty of others. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> >To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> >Cc: Dan Lewis <[email protected]>; >"[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >"[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013, 21:46 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help? > >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 > > > > -- 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
