Re: Requesting MWiki Account
Dear Andrea, The English, German and French are practically identical. I made a couple of very minor additions to the German version yesterday which I will add to the English version. I'm not so sure about the concept of stability. Over time (six years now) it has become quite rounded, so basically stable I suppose. I would quite like to give it to the community. So far I'm the only one updating the files and I always make sure they really are parallel. But what is the best way of going about it? As it is, it is a direct reflection of my teaching to first year students at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. But since I will be quitting in April next year, I guess I won't have any more new ideas to add - except for a planned video exercise. What would you suggest is the best way of going about it? I think it would be a pity if my input sort of just "died out of existence". Yours Dave On 9 September 2014 23:45, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Dave wrote: > >> Perhaps I'm confused. But my documentation in English, Chinese (kindly >> translated by Mark Hung), French and German is, so I thought, on the >> official site openoffice.org. >> > > It's advertised on the openoffice.org domain, but it's not hosted there. > It's third-party documentation. Which is fine. > > Then OpenOffice Wiki: Documentation area. >> Then look under the title "User Guides for OpenOffice 3.3, 3.4 and 4. >> > > Yes, if I open > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation > I see a link to your (external, third-party) site. It's perfectly welcome > to be there, as all other links to third-party documentation. But priority > for us (for the OpenOffice project) is to get our collaboratively edited > documentation available first. > > So in general I will prefer that people help the community efforts (and > gain thus merit in the community) rather than helping third-party efforts. > Especially if volunteers write to the community lists. > > That said, your model is clearly working well. It works surely better than > the community efforts on the wiki at > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide > So if you see something that in your experience works well in enabling > volunteers to translate we can surely share ideas. For example, it seems > that your case you provide new volunteers with an ODT file and ask that > they translate it. How does it work with updates? Are you the only person > authorized to edit the English version? Are translations aligned in some > way? Does it help to have a "stable" English text to be translated first, > and focus on translations only then? > > > Regards, > Andrea. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
Re: Introduction
On 09/09/2014 Aarti Varma wrote: My name is Aarti Varma (I go by Sonu) and I have just joined the mailing list. I am a software developer focusing on Android. I've been wanting to contribute to some open source projects for a while, and since I love writing I thought documentation and tutorials would be a good place to start. OK, so your favorite choice would be to write some new documentation. This is excellent, since we have dozens of pages that are simply waiting for volunteers. You find them here: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide and there's a lot of choice, covering all modules: just click around to find the incomplete pages and tell us what you would like to work on. There are some community priorities also for Hindi translations (like translating the Hindi site: http://www.openoffice.org/hi ) but since your favorite field is documentation we'll be happy with that at the moment! Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Requesting MWiki Account
Dave wrote: Perhaps I'm confused. But my documentation in English, Chinese (kindly translated by Mark Hung), French and German is, so I thought, on the official site openoffice.org. It's advertised on the openoffice.org domain, but it's not hosted there. It's third-party documentation. Which is fine. Then OpenOffice Wiki: Documentation area. Then look under the title "User Guides for OpenOffice 3.3, 3.4 and 4. Yes, if I open https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation I see a link to your (external, third-party) site. It's perfectly welcome to be there, as all other links to third-party documentation. But priority for us (for the OpenOffice project) is to get our collaboratively edited documentation available first. So in general I will prefer that people help the community efforts (and gain thus merit in the community) rather than helping third-party efforts. Especially if volunteers write to the community lists. That said, your model is clearly working well. It works surely better than the community efforts on the wiki at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide So if you see something that in your experience works well in enabling volunteers to translate we can surely share ideas. For example, it seems that your case you provide new volunteers with an ODT file and ask that they translate it. How does it work with updates? Are you the only person authorized to edit the English version? Are translations aligned in some way? Does it help to have a "stable" English text to be translated first, and focus on translations only then? Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Requesting MWiki Account
Dear Andrea, dear Sonu, Perhaps I'm confused. But my documentation in English, Chinese (kindly translated by Mark Hung), French and German is, so I thought, on the official site openoffice.org. Start from there, then open "I need help with my OpenOffice". Then open "Product documentation". Then OpenOffice Wiki: Documentation area. Then look under the title "User Guides for OpenOffice 3.3, 3.4 and 4. I do think this guide is useful for students with very little time to google around for solutions when writing a thesis. Of course, most students around the world master English to a greater or lesser degree. But having something in their own native language could be an added incentive. It would be interesting to do a small survey to find out if students who have Hindi as their mother tongue would find a translation useful. Yours, Dave On 9 September 2014 11:06, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 09/09/2014 Aarti Varma wrote: > >> I speak Hindi and English fluently. I don't think most Hindi speakers >> would >> require a translation as they can usually also speak English quite well. >> However, I would be happy to translate it if there is any demand. >> > > As for translations, we very much prefer that volunteers help with the > official project resources (those hosted under the openoffice.org domain) > before moving on to other documentation, since resources hosted on the > openoffice.org domain are more visible and benefit more people. But I'll > give you more details when replying to your introduction mail! > > Regards, > Andrea. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
Re: Requesting MWiki Account
On 09/09/2014 Isha thk wrote: I see that the user guide doc is minimal for Open Office Draw and wish to add a few topics there. Specifically, I would like to work on the topic of Connectors under Styles on Draw as it is listed as TODO. Let me know if I can go forward with this. Sure, thanks! It's very good if you take initiative. Feel free to start drafting content directly at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Draw/Styles#Connector then you can ask for review here. Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Requesting MWiki Account
Hi, My name is Isha and I would like to get started as a volunteer with the documentation team. I see that the user guide doc is minimal for Open Office Draw and wish to add a few topics there. Specifically, I would like to work on the topic of Connectors under Styles on Draw as it is listed as TODO. Let me know if I can go forward with this. Isha On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Isha thk wrote: > Hi Andrea, > I'd like to work on the topic of* Connectors* in *Apache Open Office User > Guide: Draw* under the topic of *Styles on Draw*. > > I see that documentation on Connectors is non-existent and is listed as > TODO under the main page Styles on Draw. > Let me know if I should go forward with this. > > After that I would also like to add a section on 'Creating Charts' in > Draw. > > Isha > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Andrea Pescetti > wrote: > >> On 06/09/2014 Isha thk wrote: >> >>> My name is Isha Thaker and I would like to get started as a volunteer >>> with >>> the documentation team. I request you to create an MWiki account for me. >>> >> >> Welcome, account created. You will receive a temporary password within a >> few minutes. >> >> The part that you should have a look at is: >> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide >> Please take a look and come back with suggestions on how we can improve >> it or what you'd like to work on! >> >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> > >
Re: Requesting MWiki Account
On 09/09/2014 Aarti Varma wrote: I speak Hindi and English fluently. I don't think most Hindi speakers would require a translation as they can usually also speak English quite well. However, I would be happy to translate it if there is any demand. As for translations, we very much prefer that volunteers help with the official project resources (those hosted under the openoffice.org domain) before moving on to other documentation, since resources hosted on the openoffice.org domain are more visible and benefit more people. But I'll give you more details when replying to your introduction mail! Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Introduction
Hi Everyone, My name is Aarti Varma (I go by Sonu) and I have just joined the mailing list. I am a software developer focusing on Android. I've been wanting to contribute to some open source projects for a while, and since I love writing I thought documentation and tutorials would be a good place to start. Please let me know what projects are currently in progress that I can contribute on. I would really like to get started! Cheers, Sonu
Re: Requesting MWiki Account
Hi Dave, I speak Hindi and English fluently. I don't think most Hindi speakers would require a translation as they can usually also speak English quite well. However, I would be happy to translate it if there is any demand. :) Cheers, Sonu On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, Dave wrote: > Hi Sonu, > > May I enquire which is your native tongue? My introduction for students has > now been translated into Chinese, I myself did English, French and German, > friends of mine are progressing with the Arabic translation. Have a look: > > openoffice-uni.org > > Yours > Dave > > On 9 September 2014 00:00, Aarti Varma > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to request an MWiki Account with > > > > email address: ms.aartiva...@gmail.com > > username:sonusonu > > > > Thank you, > > Sonu > > >
Re: Whitelist CWiki Account
On 09/09/2014 Aarti Varma wrote: Can the account with username "sonusonu" please be whitelisted? Welcome, whitelisted. Andrea - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Requesting MWiki Account
Hi Sonu, May I enquire which is your native tongue? My introduction for students has now been translated into Chinese, I myself did English, French and German, friends of mine are progressing with the Arabic translation. Have a look: openoffice-uni.org Yours Dave On 9 September 2014 00:00, Aarti Varma wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to request an MWiki Account with > > email address: ms.aartiva...@gmail.com > username:sonusonu > > Thank you, > Sonu >
