--- Louis Desjardins <louis_desjardins at mardigrafe.com> wrote:
> > Louis, please don't get me wrong -- I _love_ this > > touch of exotism, the story and the included > pictures. > > The only reason why I'm asking for the new content > is > > quite simple: the target audience of the tutorial. > I > > would like to encourage more people to use this > > tutorial. But some teachers may restrain from > using it > > in their classes, because they could be afraid of > > being suited by angry parents, fired by their > > schoolmasters, etc. Other people may restrain from > > using it because of their cultural background or > > religion -- in fact, I know of some priests and > > seminary students using Scribus. All those > countless > > parish centers, non-profit organisations, schools > > should be able to use those materials. That's > while > > I'm asking for the more neutral content. And the > > growth of the Scribus project from one man show to > 8 > > developers, twenty some translators, countless > > contributors, bug trackers, wiki authors could > make a > > _great_ FOSS story too. Convinced? > > Well... this is art from centuries ago, carved > stones... isn't it? > > But I am listening to your arguments. > > If we look at the long term goal, I wouldn't want > the tutorial to be > left aside because of this. I guess it comes down to > the smaller common > denominator or however it is called in English... If > too many people are > reluctant to use this tutorial because of some pics, > then it is better > to change them. Really, beside the front page > picture and the title that > have ambiguous meaning (Strike A New Pose), does it > matter to the point > we have to reinvent the whole content? I'd suggest > we change the front > page pic (maybe a tight close-up on the face instead > of the full image > would do it) and make the title unambiguous. > > If I recall well the text itself, the articles, were > "neutral" in the > way you are saying. Am I wrong? I would like to have another look at its other pics/titles at home, but I guess this definitely could be a way to go:) The text isn't controversial at all. Good idea, Louis. Besides, I'm assuming this is mutually agreed that we are going to cover the 1.3.* series with our update/enhancement. M. ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail ? Tired of Vi at gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
