Definitely looking forward to seeing you at the next Thursday meeting, Stuart!
Paul On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:36 AM, Justin W. Flory <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/10/2016 01:58 AM, Stuart Brady wrote: > >> Hello guys, >> >> My name is Stuart Brady and I would like to contribute to the project. >> I've only been using Linux for a few months and I don't have great >> technical skills yet (though I'm learning). However, I thought I could >> help by editing/proofreading articles and such like for the magazine. >> I'm a certified English Language Arts/Social Studies teacher currently >> working Japan, so I have a fair bit of experience helping non-native >> speakers with their writing. I could probably make a commitment of >> around three hours per week. My email is [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> >> If you think I might be able to help, don't hesitate to let me know:) >> >> Regards, >> >> Stuart >> >> > Hi Stuart! Welcome to the Marketing mailing list! Glad to have you here > with us! > > Sylvia and Eduard were one step ahead of me. :) The links mentioned > earlier for the writing process for the Magazine are definitely the best > places to start, in terms of writing an article. > > We could definitely use another hand with editing, and your experience > with English and with non-native writers is something that could definitely > be helpful for us! I'm looking through a lot of our resources and we have a > fair bit of content for people looking to write, but not as much for people > looking to edit. It's something that I will see if I can try to work on > soon... > > In the meanwhile, you can take a look at some of the posts in the pending > review queue: > > > https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=pen > ding&post_type=post > > These are the posts that authors have "finished" and are waiting to be > reviewed by an editor. I'm not sure if you would have permissions to edit > an article in that category, but if not, that's something we can fix > easily. One of the best things you can do for now is wait to see an email > by an author or another member of the Magazine team requests for review on > an article. You're more than welcome to say / ask to try tackling one. :) > > In the interest of keeping succinct, I'll go ahead and stop here. > Hopefully this info is all helpful and easy to understand! I'm also > wondering if either Paul or Ryan might be able to add on to my response > with other advice for someone looking to help with editing too. > > One piece of advice, if your schedule permits: you should definitely try > making it to the Fedora Magazine editorial board meetings in IRC! They > happen weekly on Thursdays, at 21:00 UTC (a.k.a. 5pm US EST). I see you > mentioned you were in Japan, so I checked what time that is there, and my > conversions show 6am in Tokyo... yikes. If the meeting time is difficult > for you to make, we should be able to coordinate at other times in IRC or > on the mailing list too. > > If you have any questions, definitely feel free to ask – we're happy to > help at any time! And welcome aboard again. :) > > -- > Cheers, > Justin W. Flory > [email protected] > >
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