Hi Brynn,

thanks :)

The link is https://inkscape.org/en/about-screen-contests/ (if Martin
intends to use it, I don't know).

I like the 'celebration' part a lot.

But as this is Martin's text and Martin's 'project', I won't do any
edits to it, unless he agrees. He may have had other ideas why he wrote
it like this, don't know.

Regards,
 Maren

Am 20.10.2016 um 05:52 schrieb Brynn:
> Hi Friends,
>         I was just looking at the About Screen Contest InkSpace page:
> 
> https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/
> 
> after Martin asked on the User list if people would test uploading on this 
> page:
> 
> https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/about-test-contest/
> 
>         And I noticed the description on the first page, which is:
> 
> "When the Inkscape team and community is winding down development and 
> preparing to release the next version we invite our artist users to help us 
> make Inkscape stand out by drawing an About Screen. Our goal is to show off 
> what the new version of Inkscape can do in an artistic manner. We don't have 
> a particular theme, but it should be smart, attractive and show off the best 
> you can do in Inkscape."
> 
>         I think the tone reinforces a separation between the user and 
> development communities, so I suggested the following change.  However, I 
> would also welcome others to tweak on it, since I'm sure it could be 
> improved even further.
>         (And of course I can't actually perform the edit, because I don't 
> have the right kind of access for that.)
> 
> "Long time Inkscape users may have noticed that the About screen (Help menu 
>  > About) is different for each major version of Inkscape.  Traditionally, 
> when development is winding down, and just before each new version is 
> released, the community celebrates by holding a contest to choose a new 
> image for the About screen.  The goal is to show off what the new version 
> can do, in an artistic manner, as well as to announce the release (with 
> flair???).  Please see [link] for more information."
> 
>         So I eliminated any mentioning of separate communities, explained 
> what the About screen is, and about the contest.  I dropped that part about 
> the theme, because it seems to belong more in the instructions for the 
> contest.  I don't actually know where the instructions are yet.  But if this 
> is where they are supposed to be, then of course it needs a lot more 
> editing!  And I added a link to the instructions or other additional info.
> 
>         Please tweak away  :-)
> 
> Thank you very much,
> brynn
> 
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