<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can a native english writer provide a better sentence then? Here in NL we don't have such annotations when it comes to age.</div><div class="">Just like for games, books or movies, a manual can have a target audience.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also - as a high school kid I loved to read technology books or novels meant for an adult audience. But I started with the stuff meant for kids first. How do you classify that?</div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">-Ton-</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="">--------------------------------------------------------<br class="">Ton Roosendaal - <a href="mailto:ton@blender.org" class="">ton@blender.org</a> - <a href="http://www.blender.org" class="">www.blender.org</a><br class="">Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute<br class="">Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands</div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 8 Dec 2017, at 10:13, ken <<a href="mailto:cousin@newcultures.com" class="">cousin@newcultures.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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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" class="">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 class="">
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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 class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 at 10:10 Campbell Barton <<a href="mailto:ideasman42@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">ideasman42@gmail.com</a>>
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the page based on this text:<br class="">
<a href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html</a><br class="">
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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" class="">ton@blender.org</a>> wrote:<br class="">
> Hi Aaron,<br class="">
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> Thanks for the proposal to clarify that.<br class="">
> However, the line is for me too vague and can be
interpretated as you wish.<br class="">
> Especially the "to help you" is undefined.<br class="">
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> To me it is more like this:<br class="">
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> Target group:<br class="">
> - people from 18 years and older<br class="">
> - people who already understand the basics of 3D and/or
know other 3D<br class="">
> programs<br class="">
><br class="">
> The manual has as a goal to provide:<br class="">
> - Insight in Blender's way of working, its internal
(technical) design - in<br class="">
> order to understand options and tools.<br class="">
> - detailed functional description of every feature, tool
or option in<br class="">
> Blender.<br class="">
><br class="">
> Regards,<br class="">
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> -Ton-<br class="">
><br class="">
> --------------------------------------------------------<br class="">
> Ton Roosendaal - <a href="mailto:ton@blender.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">ton@blender.org</a>
- <a href="http://www.blender.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">www.blender.org</a><br class="">
> Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute<br class="">
> Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br class="">
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> On 1 Dec 2017, at 19:50, Aaron Carlisle <<a href="mailto:carlisle.b3d@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">carlisle.b3d@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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> Hi all,<br class="">
><br class="">
> Something that has been raised to my attention recently
is that the manual<br class="">
> does not have<br class="">
> one defining purpose. This has caused the manual to have
different purposes<br class="">
> and people<br class="">
> having their own agendas. We do currently have a vision
statement but it is<br class="">
> not very good<br class="">
> and should be expanded on farther:<br class="">
><br class="">
> "This manual aims to be a complete and concise source of
information<br class="">
> to help you to become familiar with the application."<br class="">
><br class="">
> <a href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html</a><br class="">
><br class="">
> So, the purpose of this email is to reconsider the above
statement and<br class="">
> discuss things that<br class="">
> should be changed and/or added.<br class="">
><br class="">
> Thanks,<br class="">
><br class="">
> Aaron Carlisle<br class="">
><br class="">
> Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document
writer | Artist<br class="">
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