I'm not committed to anything right now and I am looking for something to do. Let me know if anyone wants to put their work under my scrutiny :) <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Paul W. Frields <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stickster@gmail.com">stickster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 04:09:28PM -0600, Jesús Franco wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:40:41PM +0100, Travis Whitlock wrote:<br>
> > I would suggest attempting to have an independent reviewer. Meaning a<br>
> > member of the docs team that ideally has not worked on the section they are<br>
> > reviewing. Familiarity with a document is usually the best way to overlook<br>
> > mistakes.<br>
><br>
> It would be a great way to letting 'shy' people like me, not brave<br>
> enough to mess with the work done, but able to read and test some<br>
> things and reporting some issues, actually contributing to the<br>
> project.<br>
><br>
> I'm glad with this *huge* proposal. I'm going to take it to<br>
> translators too, because sometimes the translators don't use<br>
> terminology dictionaries (nor peer reviews), and leads to confussion<br>
> when instead of using the terms specific for the matter of the<br>
> documentation, they use generic translations, missing the sense of the<br>
> original author.<br>
<br>
This is a great idea. Most dead-tree technical books out there<br>
(including the ones about Fedora) get independent technical review.<br>
Having done this myself, I can tell you it definitely helps the<br>
finished product immensely. We probably have other lurking people who<br>
would put a hand up and say, "I can test <N> chapters of this book for<br>
you."<br>
<br>
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