Maybe for 0.93 release we can add others works presented to the contest not only winners?
Cheers, Jabier. On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 15:52 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > We're pushing the about screen contest out today, > > So I've drafted out an update which you can see here: > > https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/ > > It can still be amended, but I think it's fairly good for now. > > Thanks Brynn and Maren for your help. One day we'll be able to > translate these texts too. > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 14:57 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote: > > 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- > > > co > > > ntest/ > > > > > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > 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 >
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