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Brynn

20 Oct 2016 20 Oct '16

3:52 a.m.

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-contest/

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

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Maren Hachmann

20 Oct 20 Oct

12:57 p.m.

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-contest/
    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

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Martin Owens

3:54 p.m.

On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 14:57 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote:

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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.

No, he asked Brynn to post it here.

I wrote it when I was rushing and Brynn is pretty much right so I may end up using her text as is, but want to see what other people think too.

Martin,

Martin Owens

21 Oct 21 Oct

7:52 p.m.

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:

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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

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Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz

8:43 p.m.

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

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Brynn

22 Oct 22 Oct

3:43 a.m.

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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.

So it's time for posting announcements in forums? Did I see someone (Maren?) was going to make a quick News article about it? Oh I see, it was about pre2beta. Do we need a brief News item for the About screen contest?

Regarding the description, the last sentence:

"See below in the Galleries list on the left for a list of contests to join in."

I think it should be on the right, rather than left?

All best, brynn

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