From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 28 13:42:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6759016A4CE for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 13:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C16843D2D for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 13:42:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (pa-plum1c-102.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.179.102]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2958A69A7E; Fri, 28 May 2004 16:41:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40B7A413.3020900@potentialtech.com> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 16:41:55 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040506 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Matthew, Kristina and Ethan" References: <20040528201621.6955.qmail@web41609.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040528201621.6955.qmail@web41609.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: to whom it may concern X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 20:42:13 -0000 Matthew, Kristina and Ethan wrote: > I appologize if this email goes astray somewhere it > shouldn't. You're in the right place. > My name is Matthew and I received my BA in English Lit > and Composition. Since college I have had a variety > of jobs; technical writer, tech support, chef, truck > driver... etc. I am also a FreeBSD newbie of about a > year (4.4 on a compaq desktop w/pII 400mhz etc) and I > am all self taught, relying mostly on available > documentation to solve my problems... it has been a > great help to me and I'd like to give something back > to the Doc-Project. > > I am afraid I don't have anything in the way of new > info to add... I'd like to offer my skills as a > proof-reader and editor. I would certainly be atuned > to the "newbie" audience and might be able to re-work > some sections to make them less confusing... anything > along those lines.... > > i don't know if help like this is needed. if not, let > me just say, "Thank you for helping me along. I'm > always available." Here's a good place to start: http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/current.html These pages seem to be kept fairly up to date, and it's a good example of how much work still needs done. As FreeBSD continues to evolve and grow, this is an ongoing effort. Eric's suggestion about fixing grammer/typos is also valid ... but you don't have to stop at that! You could always combine two tasks into one: read the entire FreeBSD handbook, and submit PRs when you find typos/ spelling/grammatical errors or unclear sections that you're capable of fixing. Just another suggestion. BTW: Thanks a LOT for helping out! -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com