[Bf-docboard] Blender Manual: Vision Statement

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Can a native english writer provide a better sentence then? Here in NL we don't have such annotations when it comes to age.
Just like for games, books or movies, a manual can have a target audience.

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?

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute
Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

> On 8 Dec 2017, at 10:13, ken <cousin at newcultures.com> wrote:
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> 
> 
> On 12/08/2017 12:35 AM, Greg Zaal wrote:
>> 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 ;)
> 
> Agreed.  And parents, teachers, and librarians and others are called upon to quickly categorize materials and many want to avoid controversy. 
> 
> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 at 10:10 Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com <mailto:ideasman42 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hi, updated the page based on this text:
>> https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html <https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html>
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org <mailto:ton at blender.org>> wrote:
>> > Hi Aaron,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the proposal to clarify that.
>> > However, the line is for me too vague and can be interpretated as you wish.
>> > Especially the "to help you" is undefined.
>> >
>> > To me it is more like this:
>> >
>> > Target group:
>> > - people from 18 years and older
>> > - people who already understand the basics of 3D and/or know other 3D
>> > programs
>> >
>> > The manual has as a goal to provide:
>> > - Insight in Blender's way of working, its internal (technical) design - in
>> > order to understand options and tools.
>> > - detailed functional description of every feature, tool or option in
>> > Blender.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > -Ton-
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------------
>> > Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org <mailto:ton at blender.org>   -   www.blender.org <http://www.blender.org/>
>> > Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute
>> > Entrepotdok 57A, 1018 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
>> >
>> > On 1 Dec 2017, at 19:50, Aaron Carlisle <carlisle.b3d at gmail.com <mailto:carlisle.b3d at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Something that has been raised to my attention recently is that the manual
>> > does not have
>> > one defining purpose. This has caused the manual to have different purposes
>> > and people
>> > having their own agendas. We do currently have a vision statement but it is
>> > not very good
>> > and should be expanded on farther:
>> >
>> > "This manual aims to be a complete and concise source of information
>> > to help you to become familiar with the application."
>> >
>> > https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html <https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/about/introduction.html>
>> >
>> > So, the purpose of this email is to reconsider the above statement and
>> > discuss things that
>> > should be changed and/or added.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Aaron Carlisle
>> >
>> > Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document writer | Artist
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