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22 September 2008
- 19:4919:49, 22 September 2008 diff hist +439 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - Content and Rendering Tried to improve the definition and follow the notes asked for by Patrick and Karsten.
- 19:0919:09, 22 September 2008 diff hist +4 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines →Sentence Formation
- 19:0819:08, 22 September 2008 diff hist 0 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines →Voice
- 19:0619:06, 22 September 2008 diff hist −2 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines updateing admon so it is more inline with what the warning is
- 19:0519:05, 22 September 2008 diff hist −2 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Updating admonition so it makes more sense
21 September 2008
- 21:0921:09, 21 September 2008 diff hist +2 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines typo
- 19:4519:45, 21 September 2008 diff hist +1 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines typo
- 19:3919:39, 21 September 2008 diff hist −5 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines used a word I listed as reducing a sentences meaning.
- 19:3719:37, 21 September 2008 diff hist −9 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Found passive sentence.
- 19:3219:32, 21 September 2008 diff hist +2 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines →Pronouns
- 19:2919:29, 21 September 2008 diff hist +4 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines →Voice
- 19:2619:26, 21 September 2008 diff hist +679 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Renamed to Other Writing Questions, the Unknown was vague. Also reminded writers there are resources here to help them, we are a team.
- 19:1419:14, 21 September 2008 diff hist +844 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Explained the role of punctuation, reduced the demand of "avoid" to minimize since there are occassions where better punctuation helps clarity.
- 18:5518:55, 21 September 2008 diff hist +117 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Clarified that every first word in heading is captialized even if it is an article etc. and gave an example of that type of title beginning with "The"
- 18:5118:51, 21 September 2008 diff hist −24 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Removed "to avoid breaking this rule" as it is unecessarry explanation, and emphasized "not" to reduce confusion about what parts of a title are NOT to be capitalized
- 18:4818:48, 21 September 2008 diff hist −4 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines →Sentence Formation
- 18:4718:47, 21 September 2008 diff hist +618 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Added section about sentence variation as a tool to keep reader engaged and following along with the information.
- 18:3518:35, 21 September 2008 diff hist +471 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Expanded on the idea of sentence formation and how it impacts documentation. Included a list of words that reduce the impact of writing.
- 18:1618:16, 21 September 2008 diff hist +1,355 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Expanding more information on Sentence Formation
- 17:5617:56, 21 September 2008 diff hist −38 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Removed passive voice from example.
- 17:5317:53, 21 September 2008 diff hist +2 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Added space because examples were hard to read.
- 17:5117:51, 21 September 2008 diff hist +200 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Came up with a better example os using antecedents to break up longer sentences.
- 17:4617:46, 21 September 2008 diff hist +997 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Defined pronouns and explained why their use hinders a reader's comprehension. Gave a full example of what is meant by antecedent
- 03:0203:02, 21 September 2008 diff hist +1 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines →Contractions
- 03:0103:01, 21 September 2008 diff hist +105 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Defines a contraction and explains more clearly why use should be avoided.
- 02:0402:04, 21 September 2008 diff hist +140 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Defined tense in case writers do not know what it is, and made the instructions clearer.
- 01:2301:23, 21 September 2008 diff hist −47 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Cleaned up text, to make the message stronger about accuracy and precision.
- 01:1001:10, 21 September 2008 diff hist +14 Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Gave clearer instructions on appopriate uses for emphasis and gives alternative ways to emphasis material.
- 01:0301:03, 21 September 2008 diff hist +74 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Gave a way to still provide extemporaneous information while still staying in context by allowing links to other pertinent information.
- 01:0001:00, 21 September 2008 diff hist +3 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Upon rereading the active voice definition was a little murky. Cleaned up the text to make it more clear.
- 00:5800:58, 21 September 2008 diff hist −16 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines shortened the last sentence to remove extra unneeded words.
19 September 2008
- 07:1707:17, 19 September 2008 diff hist −20 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines fixed indirect to driect object (Typo, and clarified last sentence)
- 06:5406:54, 19 September 2008 diff hist +133 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines Problem with definition of passive voice, it mixes in clarity advice and muddles the definition.
- 05:4205:42, 19 September 2008 diff hist −26 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - General Guidelines changed being with a concrete verb "sounding" removed indirect discourse (that) and dropped "or does not" because the formatting is not clear link to previous sentence about standing behind work.
18 September 2008
- 21:5621:56, 18 September 2008 diff hist −82 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - Introduction to Style Removed apostrophe (we are fedora doc. proj, not fedora's), streamlined wording in last paragraph
- 21:5021:50, 18 September 2008 diff hist +1 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - Introduction to Style First time use in paragraph Fedora Documentation Style Guide should be spelled out, removed language that was "can be" "may be" to give clear message.
- 20:0820:08, 18 September 2008 diff hist −4 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - Introduction to Style provides was an awkward verb for an inanimate style guide, it is more of an outline, and used independent clause to make the last sentence mroe clear. Easy-to-read was in the paragraph twice.
- 19:5619:56, 18 September 2008 diff hist −6 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - Introduction to Style Writing is generally used as a verb in this paragraph, better to use a clear noun like documentation or content to aid in translation efforts. Tightened up last sentence so it sticks.
- 19:3319:33, 18 September 2008 diff hist −17 m Archive:Docs Project Style Guide - Introduction to Style Remove indirect discoure (that are) as it is unneeded, changed wording to shorten and strengthen first sentence.
- 18:0518:05, 18 September 2008 diff hist −31 m F8 User Guide - Desktops →The Fedora Desktops