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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Hi all,</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Here are the assignments for week 1. If you're not named and want to join in the fun, pick a few unclaimed ones from our doc-board contribs or from the hitlist below, or browse the <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Wiki_Tasks/Review_2.6_Manual">reviews page</a>. Let's try to get as many short reviews done as possible by the next scrum: sunday.<br>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Get started with the Writer guide:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Guides/Writer_Guide">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Guides/Writer_Guide</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">If you make changes to a pages make
sure you check the “follow this page” checkbox available when you
submit your edits to keep informed about changes to that page.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
Be sure you've read the <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Guides/Style_Guide" target="_blank">
Style Guidelines</a> and are familiar with <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Guides/Templates" target="_blank">templates</a>
for formatting. Your technical writing skills will be a nice addition
to this team. <br>Also, the bottom right hand corner has two useful
clicks.The Wiki tab to pop-up a menu for file uploads and such. The other
takes you to Wiki-meta where you can learn more about wiki markup.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">bf-docboard is a good place to post any
troubles you have with wiki markup, or with the new process. I've
also added a discussion page to the writer guide at top for tips n
tricks and troubleshooting the review process.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">If your assignment is from the review
page below, note that you can compare with previous versions like 2.4
by clicking the tab at the top center of the page. If you want to
select your own, let me know and i'll put yours back into the hitlist
hopper.</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">To kickstart things we will choose
assignments from those who have posted recent (this week) requests
for review to bf-docboard (apologies if i've missed you) + a few from
the <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Wiki_Tasks/Review_2.6_Manual">reviews
page</a>. We currently suggest that you do your review in the
Discussion tab for the assigned page and notify here when complete. If you click on the Discussion tab and
the page doesn't exist, just click the Edit tab and start typing to
create it.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Author: amdbcg</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Scorpion">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Scorpion</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">assigned to: ?<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Author: wim</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Bevel Modifier</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Units page (missing in the
documentation):
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Interface/Units">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Interface/Units</a> <br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in">
assigned to: ?<br></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Edited Bevel modifier page (fluffy
language removed, grammar mistakes removed, rewritten for the most
part,)
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modifiers/Generate/Bevel">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modifiers/Generate/Bevel</a>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">assinged to: meta-androcto</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Author: sascha (snowleopord)</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Marerial/Strands</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Materials/Properties/Strands">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Materials/Properties/Strands</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">assigned to: wim</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Particle Mode</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Physics/Particles/Mode">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Physics/Particles/Mode</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">assigned to: kestion</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Author: Fade</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Many on
</b><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Wiki_Tasks/Review_2.6_Manual" target="_blank">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Wiki_Tasks/Review_2.6_Manual</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Fade: can you point to some particular
pages you have authored so we can pick of a few.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b>Note that the review page is not
editable. To register a page on it you have to add something like
the following near the top of the page: (click on a reviewed page
when logged in and select “edit” tab)</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">{{review</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">|text=</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">; wrong place</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">: In 2.4 this page is here Manual/3D
interaction/Navigating/3D View
Options|fixes=[[User:Fade/Doc:2.6/Manual/3D_interaction/Navigating/3D_View_Options|X]]
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">}}</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Other hit-list items from reviews page:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Output/Video">Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Output/Video</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Bake">Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Bake</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Cycles">Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Cycles</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Composite_Nodes/Node_Controls">Doc:2.6/Manual/Composite
Nodes/Node Controls</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Sequencer">Doc:2.6/Manual/Sequencer</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Sequencer/Audio">Doc:2.6/Manual/Sequencer/Audio</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Plugins/Texture">Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Plugins/Texture</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Python/Example">Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Python/Example</a>
- is this a copy of the next?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Python/Intro_to_Python/Examples">Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Python/Intro
to Python/Examples</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Game_Engine/Android">Doc:2.6/Manual/Game
Engine/Android</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">I'll put in a request to review some
release notes of recent contributions as well. Coders often don't
want to waste time prettifying their notes, and it's a good way to
dig deep into a topic with the assistance of an expert.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Reviewer Assignments:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">meta-androcto:
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modifiers/Generate/Bevel">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Rayek/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modifiers/Generate/Bevel</a>
<a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Python/Add-Ons">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Extensions/Python/Add-Ons</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">fsiddi:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Is there any way to get the number of
hits for a page? We could base our hitlist on popularity if so.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/3D_interaction/Transform_Control/Snap">Doc:2.6/Manual/3D
interaction/Transform Control/Snap</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">hjaarnio</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/3D_interaction/Navigating">Doc:2.6/Manual/3D
interaction/Navigating</a> - find out how to put it in the proper
location</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/3D_interaction/Navigating/3D_View">Doc:2.6/Manual/3D
interaction/Navigating/3D View</a> upload new screenshots (bottom
right hand corner when you are logged in gives Wiki-> Upload file
option)
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">greylica</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Data_System/Files/Import/COLLADA">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Data_System/Files/Import/COLLADA</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">sculptorJim</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/3D_interaction/Transformations/Advanced">Doc:2.6/Manual/3D
interaction/Transformations/Advanced</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">amdbcg</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/3D_interaction/Transformations/Basics/Rotate">Doc:2.6/Manual/3D
interaction/Transformations/Basics/Rotate</a> add link to transform
control</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render">Doc:2.6/Manual/Render</a>
get at least one image!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">kestion</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Physics/Particles/Mode">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Sascha_Uncia/Doc:2.6/Manual/Physics/Particles/Mode</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">+ meta reviews</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">brecht</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">review other's reviews</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Extra reading:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">We're not doing proper scrums yet, but
if you'd like to see a nice 7 minute video on agile scrumming:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYajjGi5-qM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYajjGi5-qM</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Or if you prefer reading:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28development%29#Roles" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)#Roles</a>
.
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-------------------------------------- Fin -------------------------------<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Kesten Broughton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:solarmobiletrailers@gmail.com" target="_blank">solarmobiletrailers@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br><br>We had a good meeting on IRC #blenderwiki today. Brecht posted the log earlier. <br>Next scrum will be Sunday morning/afternoon at the close of #blendercoders scrum (10 am CST?).<br>
<br>First of all, a big thanks to the old guard of reviewers for getting a lot of the required infrastructure and procedures developed. I hope there is no perception that we are undermining those efforts. What we are here to do is come up with a workable temporary solution while we are in a situation of a large backlog of un-reviewed contributions and no experienced reviewers.<br>
<br>We're not going to fix all problems at once. Today's scrum was just to set some 1-week goals to get the ball rolling.<br><br><i><b>We will be putting out a hit-list to docboard and blenderartists of a fraction of the un-reviewed pages each week. First one will be published tomorrow for us to devour.</b></i> <br>
Post a link to your un-reviewed contribution to have it added to the hopper.<br><br>Distilled from the IRC chat is a new trial procedure for contributing and reviewing:<br><br>(a) small changes are allowed by anyone <br>
(b) bigger changes are allowed when reviewed by one other wiki contributor (admin or not)<br>
b.1 New contributors/reviewers can start by creating an account. <br> b.2 Terry Wallwork will hand-approve new accounts to avoid spam<br> b.3 For big changes, a small fraction of pages can be reviewed to ensure basic style compliance. <br>
The rest of the pages can be pushed to the manual with a box saying "This page has not been reviewed. Please help us make it better. Do not use this page to copy style for new pages."<br> with a link to style guide and how to get involved / in touch. <br>
b.4 If not admin, reviewer should at least have recently reviewed <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Guides/Style_Guide" target="_blank">Style Guidelines</a><br> and are familiar with <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Meta:Guides/Templates" target="_blank">templates</a> for formatting. We will try to have everyone's first review<br>
re-reviewed to ensure consistency.<br> b.5 Reviewers can use the Discussion tab to post review comments. Post to docboard when your review is done for re-review :) <br> b.6 We are going to try and organize a couple of week-long review-sprints to clear out the backlog. If we aren't making good progress by end of sept, then we'll have to open the doors to push live according to b.3. Changes can be reverted through the History tab available when you are logged in.<br>
(c) a few people pledge to look at recent changes and answer questions on bf-docdoard<br> c.1 We'd like to work towards having head reviewers for each section to keep the workloads light. However, it's not required. <br>
So far we have Jim doing BGE, meta-androcto doing addons, brecht and myself at large. We need at least another 4 core reviewers willing to contrib 2 hrs/wk at first to make this fly.<br><br><b><br>Optional Reading:</b><br>
<br>Fweeb mentioned that in addition to the style guide, we should have some templates of best practices to further promote a solid look-and-feel.<br>The current style-guide gives the form. This new guide might be more focused on content, pedagogy etc. I'd like to see a discussion on this get distilled and added as a link to the style-guide. Some general suggestions I'd make:<br>
<br>Use action phrases. Assume the user is following along with blender. Give activities that can be checked for results when possible.<br><br>Get to the punchline as quickly as possible, with a picture or <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/File:Animated_editing_particles_in_particle_mode.gif" target="_blank">animation </a><br>
Show what the user will be able to do. Then go through the steps to get there.<br><br>Aim your page at a beginner level. This is especially important if you want your work reviewed quickly. If you provide procedures with high level descriptions of how to do things without following it with the sequence of UI steps to get there, your reviewer may get stuck or give up. Please provide a link to another part of the manual if it exists or supply the steps in detail yourself.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>Kesten Broughton<br>President and Technology Director, <br>Solar Mobile Trailers<br><a href="http://www.sunfarmkitchens.ca" target="_blank">kesten@solarmobiletrailers.com<br>www.sunfarmkitchens.ca</a><br>
<a href="tel:512%20701%204209" value="+15127014209" target="_blank">512 701 4209</a><br><div style="display:inline"></div><br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>Kesten Broughton<br>President and Technology Director, <br>Solar Mobile Trailers<br><a href="http://www.sunfarmkitchens.ca" target="_blank">kesten@solarmobiletrailers.com<br>
www.sunfarmkitchens.ca</a><br>512 701 4209<br><div style="display:inline"></div><br>