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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
