[Bf-docboard] Blender Manual: Vision Statement

[ken]

Rather than attempting to wrestle with an age range, why not instead 
speak in experiential terms such as, 'anyone who plays intelligent chess 
or can read and understand a road map can probably learn to use 
Blender."?  Do people build models anymore...?  if so, that would be an 
indicative skill.  Can anyone suggest others, or others which are better 
and/or more suitable?


On 12/08/2017 04:47 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> 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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>> On 8 Dec 2017, at 10:13, ken <cousin at newcultures.com 
>> <mailto:cousin at newcultures.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>     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
>>>     >
>>>     > 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
>>>     >
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