[Bf-docboard] Blender Manual: Vision Statement
Bastien Montagne
montagne29 at wanadoo.fr
Fri Dec 8 12:11:44 CET 2017
Maybe we could use the word 'educated' here? AFAIK (granted, am not an
native English speaker ;) ), it designates someone who has already
reached a minimal level of knowledge on the topic…
So something like that:
* Educated people, who already understand the basics of 3D and/or know
other 3D software.
Or:
* People educated on CG, who already understand the basics of 3D
and/or know other 3D software.
This removes any age target, while still implying that you've done your
homework and are not a total beginner expecting for CG 101 content…
Bastien
Le 08/12/2017 à 11:58, ken a écrit :
>
> 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-
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> 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 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
>>>> >
>>>> > Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document writer
>>>> | Artist
>>>> > Project administrator for the Blender 3D Documentation Project
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