[Bf-docboard] Getting involved and workflow questions

[Yves]

Yes.  I agree strongly on this.  Myself being in a state of wondering 
where to start?  I am not a Blender dev, even if I have been a 
developper for 20 years in industrial  and networks.
This makes me cautious about the topics to write about and the level of 
details I should/could go into.


On 25/03/2015 20:43, Dr. Andreas Linhardt wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm admiring Helmar's and other's willingness to contribute on the
> Blender documentation project in its current form. In the past, I used
> to translate some parts of the previous wiki into German and in doing
> so, I made some minor corrections in the English original, if necessary.
> But after the change of conception, I'm just completely confused where
> and how to start. I've read, however, the "About this manual" chapter
> several times, but it left just question marks in my head than it was
> enlighting or even encouraging.
>
> Though I have been a professional technical writer and illustrator since
> many years, this new concept seems to aim preferably on programmers who
> are willing and able to document (the two or three worldwide who like
> such tedious work besides their coding...). The documentation how to
> document is intimidating for everybody who is not an expert in your now
> chosen tool/system. In short: In my humble opinion, it is no fun to
> contribute for me under these conditions anymore. Barrier-free
> documentation (also and especially from the author's persepctive) is
> something completely different. I'm really sorry to say that, because
> Blender actually needs urgently a comprehensive and competent user
> manual and the contribution of a hopefully large number of documentarists.
>
> I thus see a strong need to revise your conception of documentation once
> again in order to convince more competent explainers to help you and the
> whole community. Keep in mind that not every Blender user and explainer
> is simultaneously a software nerd.
>
> Nonetheless: Good luck!
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