Willing to contribute for documentation

Burkhard Lück lueck at hube-lueck.de
Thu Jan 26 11:03:06 UTC 2017


Am Donnerstag, 26. Januar 2017, 11:56:14 CET schrieb Burkhard Lück:
> Am Donnerstag, 26. Januar 2017, 07:40:29 CET schrieb Shubham Kumar:
> > Hi KDE Doc Team,
> > I'm Shubham Kumar, an information science engineering undergrad from
> > India.
> > I keep avid interest in the open source movement, and the softwares it has
> > brought to life. After my first KDE experience (a couple of years ago),
> > my apprehension of Linux had changed altogether. I then realised how open
> > source is also on an other quest, to transform plain and powerful
> > computing
> > into both beautiful and usable for all. If not for KDE, I would still
> > believe that Linux is only for developers, which is still an unfortunate
> > misconception amongst many. I've had the pleasure to have thoroughly
> > enjoyed the vibrant experience on KDE, and I feel this is the right time
> > to
> > contribute towards this family. My family. A team willing to welcome
> > beginners and appreciate their contribution is simply overwhelming. I'm
> > interested in contributing to KDE, by offering my services to the
> > documentation division. Hence the mail. Kindly consider my immaturity
> > since
> > I'm a beginner. I do have knowledge in XML & HTML, and will consider
> > learning the DocBook standard shortly. Furthermore, being a student I'm
> > also committed to my academic responsibilities, leaving a small time
> > remainder. However, I shall contribute to my level best in a mission to
> > make KDE better, best. Regarding what to document, I do not have any
> > particular preference, and will be happy to hear from your side (as long
> > as
> > my beginner's knowledge could be put to place). For my professional
> > details, kindly look into my LinkedIn profile. Do let me know if you need
> > my assistance in any other way.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On https://l10n.kde.org/docs/ in the section Writing Documentation you find
> more info about the kde documentation.
> 
> We use https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/dashboard/?group=docs&view=to-group
> (deprecated) and https://phabricator.kde.org/project/profile/91/ for
> reviews.
> 
> You need an account on https://identity.kde.org/
> 
> You should have uptodate Frameworks / Workspace / Application either build
> from sources or - much easier - use "Developer Edition Git-Unstable" from
> https://neon.kde.org/download in a virtual machine.
> 
You also reach team members in the 
KDE Documentation Project Channel #kde-docs on irc.freenode.net

-- 
Burkhard Lück



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