Hi :) My impression is that there is an ideal way; 1. write, edit and make additions 2. review for technical accuracy 3. proof-read for grammar and maybe de-geekifying a bit more but that steps 2 and 3 can sometimes be switched around in the interests of expediency.
When Jean, Hazel, Peter (Peewee) and other longer-term members do either of step 2 or 3 it is often safe to skip the other process (maybe except for Base). The new Alan apparently did do both processes in one go too. I think there is a certain amount of impatience now to just get the books completed and published. The next iteration might focus on steps 2 and 3 more. However quite a few people have just joined the team and are quite up for doing both steps 2 and 3 if there is time. Most of the guides probably weren't completely brilliant in their first releases (either?) but have become far more professional over time. There is a mantra "Release early and release often". If people can see and comment on the guides then they can give feedback that might lead to improvements. Sometimes it even encourages people to join a Docs Team to help improve things if they see them as being nearly within their capability! It's not good tactics to do it deliberately though! Even a fairly bad guide is better than none, especially at the quality you all do. Even the first releases were probably better than most of the competition. I think this team's equivalent of the coverity score is probably similarly awesome as you all seem to have a high level of integrity. However at the end of the day we do need guides to be out there more than we need them to be perfect every time. Regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 14:34, Alan Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > Jean, > > I notice that you uploaded this to the Edited folder. Can we assume that > anything in this folder is ready for proofreading and does not require > extensive review or editing? That's a correct assumption in the case of the > Preface, and also Chapter 1, Introduction to Base, but (IMO) not with > regard to any of the other chapters in the Handbook v. 4.2. > > I just want to make sure that we're all using the ODFAuthors files in the > same way to keep track of what's been done and what needs doing. > > Best, > Alan > > > On 9/24/2014 12:35 AM, Jean Weber wrote: > >> I have updated the Preface to the Base Handbook to remove or replace >> out of date information on the Copyright page and in the text of the >> chapter. I have put it in this folder: >> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/edited42 >> >> I plan to go through the other drafts and update the Copyright pages. >> I may also do some other editing, or I may not. I'll keep you >> informed. >> >> --Jean >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe 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 > -- To unsubscribe 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
