[Bf-docboard] New Documenation Contributor

[Aaron Carlisle]

Is punctuation for figure captions in our writing style?

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Francesco Siddi <francesco.siddi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Danny,
> welcome to the project :)
>
> Looking forward to see your contributions on the tracker.
>
> Best regards,
> Francesco
>
> On 11 January 2016 at 08:55:35, Danny Hurlburt (jm4dhurlburt at gmail.com)
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been in the software industry for over tens.  I've been primarily
> working on web applications.  However, I've always had a fascination with
> 3D graphics and games.  I first came across Blender back in 2014 when I was
> toying around with jMonkeyEngine3.  I was too busy to put much time into
> learning Blender.  However, I now have more free time available.  While
> reading the new, non-wiki documentation, I decided it would be a good idea
> for me to help polish the documentation as I read through it.
>
> Because I am just learning Blender, I don't know that I am ready to make
> large, significant contributions.  At first, my contributions will just be
> polishing-like in nature.
>
> Here is a list of the polishing I'd like to make while going through the
> documentation from start to finish:
>
>   * Fix typos.
>
>   * Fix grammar mistakes.
>
>     - Misuse of commas.
>
>       * Fix when "and, " is not followed by an independent clause.
>
>         - Either remove the comma or make the clause following the comma
> independent.
>
>       * Remove comma splices.
>
>     - Add missing Oxford commas to list of items.
>
>     - Etc.
>
>   * Fix inconsistencies.
>
>     - Add punctuation to figure captions. (I've noticed that some have it
> and some don't.)
>
>     - Make sure things are referred to consistently.  E.g., *Edit mode*,
> *Edit Mode*, editmode, edit mode will all be changed to *Edit mode* or
> *Edit Mode*.
>
>    * Add more links where necessary.
>
> I'll be referring to a writer's reference as I make grammar and sentence
> structure changes.
>
> There may be other categories of fixes.
>
> I've read https://www.blender.org/manual/about/contribute.html and its
> related pages.
>
> I'll probably submit patches for an entire top-level section (Getting
> Started, Interface, etc) or each sub-section as I finish them.
>
> Let me know if there is anything else you'd like me to look out for while
> I read the manual.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Danny Hurlburt
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