[drupal-docs] introduction

[Charlie Lowe]

As Kieran has already pointed out, there are a number of places you can 
jump in and help out. An easy way might be to contact one of the 
documentation teams and join in on what they are working on:

http://drupal.org/node/23743

BTW: I'm not sure anyone will get the Wayne C. Booth reference (that 
makes you a Neo-Arisotelian; me, too ;)

Charlie

Laura Scott wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm Laura. My company is pingV <http://pingv.com>. I was recruited by 
> Charlie Lowe to help on the documentation effort for Drupal. I'm a bit 
> late in responding as I'm pretty busy building a business, as well as 
> working on a theme to contribute to the community. But I want to help if 
> I can.
> 
> I'm not sure where or how to contribute in this effort. I've edited a 
> magazine and written quite a bit over the years. In general I know 
> grammar pretty well -- though I'm something of an iconoclast when it 
> comes to punctuation. (Less is more, if you ask me.)
> 
> My business is interactive media. Much of that focuses on what the user 
> experience might be. A really cool feature isn't any help if nobody 
> cares to use it. I think the same can be said for documentation. I've 
> noticed that much of the documentation is written by programmers for 
> programmers. Over the past few months I've learned to interpret that 
> into something I can understand. But to be useful to future users, 
> admins and even developers, I feel that parts of the handbook and module 
> instructions should be rewritten with these users in mind.
> 
> Anyway, that's my philosophy on it all. I have a bachelor's in English 
> and a bais towards rhetorical criticism a la Wayne C. Booth. And I have 
> a snarky attitude at times, which I endeavor to keep in check.
> 
> I will sit back now and read the messages as they come in. (I'm on 
> digest mode, fyi.) If I can help in an area -- rewrite a page, for 
> example -- give me a holler.
> 
> Laura
>