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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/08/2017 12:35 AM, Greg Zaal
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<div dir="ltr">Is it really necessary to mention age? There are
many serious and impressive blender users younger than 18.
Implying "this manual is for people older than 18" has other
connotations ;)<br>
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Agreed. And parents, teachers, and librarians and others are called
upon to quickly categorize materials and many want to avoid
controversy. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 at 10:10 Campbell Barton <<a
href="mailto:ideasman42@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">ideasman42@gmail.com</a>>
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the page based on this text:<br>
<a
href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html</a><br>
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On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Ton Roosendaal <<a
href="mailto:ton@blender.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ton@blender.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Aaron,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for the proposal to clarify that.<br>
> However, the line is for me too vague and can be
interpretated as you wish.<br>
> Especially the "to help you" is undefined.<br>
><br>
> To me it is more like this:<br>
><br>
> Target group:<br>
> - people from 18 years and older<br>
> - people who already understand the basics of 3D and/or
know other 3D<br>
> programs<br>
><br>
> The manual has as a goal to provide:<br>
> - Insight in Blender's way of working, its internal
(technical) design - in<br>
> order to understand options and tools.<br>
> - detailed functional description of every feature, tool
or option in<br>
> Blender.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> -Ton-<br>
><br>
> --------------------------------------------------------<br>
> Ton Roosendaal - <a href="mailto:ton@blender.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ton@blender.org</a>
- <a href="http://www.blender.org" rel="noreferrer"
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> Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute<br>
> Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br>
><br>
> On 1 Dec 2017, at 19:50, Aaron Carlisle <<a
href="mailto:carlisle.b3d@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">carlisle.b3d@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> Something that has been raised to my attention recently
is that the manual<br>
> does not have<br>
> one defining purpose. This has caused the manual to have
different purposes<br>
> and people<br>
> having their own agendas. We do currently have a vision
statement but it is<br>
> not very good<br>
> and should be expanded on farther:<br>
><br>
> "This manual aims to be a complete and concise source of
information<br>
> to help you to become familiar with the application."<br>
><br>
> <a
href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html</a><br>
><br>
> So, the purpose of this email is to reconsider the above
statement and<br>
> discuss things that<br>
> should be changed and/or added.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Aaron Carlisle<br>
><br>
> Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document
writer | Artist<br>
> Project administrator for the Blender 3D Documentation
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