Mark,
It is not very hard to join, I just signed up the other day.
Join the documentation chat list from
https://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/documenters/
When you feel confident about contributing, create an account on the
documentation development site
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
I had to look at the Facebook page to answer some of the security
questions they asked to create the account.
HTH
Ruth Ann Stewart, Cincinnati, OH, USA
On 8/14/2013 11:00 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
Personally, I love this string. I tried to sign up to help with the
documentation for Base since that is where my interest lies. I got as
far as joining this mail list. My experience is more in line with
Tom's description. I would really appreciate someone volunteering to
"hold my hand" as I take a second shot at joining the documentation
team. Anyone want to step up??? ;-)
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°v°
/(_)\
^ ^ Mark LaPierre
Registered Linux user No #267004
https://linuxcounter.net/
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On 08/13/2013 12:09 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Good to see such a positive message again. That's a good one for
letting people know how relaxed and friendly this list is. Nice work
there! Is this slap carefully timed to try to catch new people as
they join they to discourage them from daring to comment? People
used to chatter happily on this list about all sorts of things, such
as usage of certain words, etymology and ways of trying to get
different documents to be consistent with each other. Now people
seem scared to say anything. Is this atmosphere encouraging people
to join in?
Trying to pretend that this list is easy to join really doesn't
prepare for the reality. We have had people waiting over a week at
times in the past and feeling so frustrated with it that they walked
off wondering if it was personal or something. Some have even seen
other people given logins while they still hadn't been given one.
>From the results i got by suggesting that it's not so easy to join
in i think it might be better to pretend it's really tough as i got
more responses this time with that approach. Sometimes people prefer
something exclusive rather than something too open
If it really is so easy to join in then why don't more people do so?
Regards from
Tom :)
________________________________
From: Jean Weber <[email protected]>
To: Tom Davies <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 16:46
Subject: Re: Well wishers from the Users List Re:
[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] German
Base-Handbuch 4.1 ready
Tom,
Comments like the one quoted below do not help LO at all. How is it
"difficult" to join the Docs team? Is it "difficult" to sign up to the
wiki and to ODFAuthors? A little extra work, perhaps, but no more so
than joining any other team at LO (such as Marketing or QA) and IMO a
lot less difficult than reporting bugs. Also, your comment "it means
signing up to a couple of 3rd party independent sites" is factually
incorrect. There is only one: ODFAuthors, and even that is not a
requirement. We can accommodate people who do not wish to edit the
source files.
--Jean
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Tom Davies
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 8/13/2013 7:28 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
If anyone can join in and help them translate or help proof-read
or get screen-shots in English (if needed) then that would be
fantastic. The Docs Team is a difficult one to join and it means
signing up to a couple of 3rd party independent sites, such as
ODFAuthors, but they are all a good bunch and do good work so
once you get past the initial hurdles it's usually good to be par
of the team.
--
Ruth Ann Stewart, Cincinnati, OH
dba Cameo Canine
www.CameoCanine.com
[email protected]
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and
independence.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for
themselves.
~William J. H. Boetcker
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