From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Fri Mar 16 20:36:58 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DB60F4B8DF; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sevan@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B38773063; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sevan@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 362A29D6; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sevan@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w2GKawZp027656; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:58 GMT (envelope-from sevan@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from sevan@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w2GKaw2v027655; Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:58 GMT (envelope-from sevan@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201803162036.w2GKaw2v027655@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: sevan set sender to sevan@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Sevan Janiyan Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:58 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51488 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing X-SVN-Group: doc-head X-SVN-Commit-Author: sevan X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 51488 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:36:58 -0000 Author: sevan Date: Fri Mar 16 20:36:57 2018 New Revision: 51488 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51488 Log: Improve wording. PR: 212992 Submitted by: Approved by: bcr (mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12075 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Fri Mar 16 17:48:35 2018 (r51487) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/article.xml Fri Mar 16 20:36:57 2018 (r51488) @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ Read through the FAQ and Handbook periodically. If - anything is badly explained, out of date or even just - completely wrong, let us know. Even better, send us a fix + anything is poorly explained, ambiguous, out of date or + incorrect, let us know. Even better, send us a fix (Docbook is not difficult to learn, but there is no objection to ASCII submissions). @@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ Help translate FreeBSD documentation into your native language. If documentation already exists for your language, you can help translate additional documents or - verify that the translations are up-to-date. First take a - look at the Translations + verify that the translations are up-to-date and correct. + First take a look at the Translations FAQ in the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer. You are not committing yourself to translating every single FreeBSD document by doing this — as a @@ -109,8 +110,8 @@ even regularly). It can be very satisfying to share your expertise and help people solve their problems; sometimes you may even learn something new yourself! These forums - can also be a source of ideas for things to work - on. + can also be a source of ideas for things to improve upon. + @@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ Ongoing Programmer Tasks - Most of the tasks listed here require either a - considerable investment of time, or an in-depth knowledge of + Most of the tasks listed here may require a + considerable investment of time, an in-depth knowledge of the FreeBSD kernel, or both. However, there are also many useful tasks which are suitable for weekend hackers. @@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ - Read the &a.bugs;. There might be a problem you can + Read the &a.bugs;. There may be a problem you can comment constructively on or with patches you can test. Or you could even try to fix one of the problems yourself. @@ -470,7 +471,8 @@ site. More information about the FreeBSD Foundation can be - found in The + found in The FreeBSD Foundation -- an Introduction. To contact the Foundation by email, write to bod@FreeBSDFoundation.org.