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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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          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi, updated
          the page based on this text:<br>
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            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"
            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.blender.org</a><br>
          > 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>
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          writer | Artist<br>
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