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add what mailing list new developers need to use.(wiki.blender.org)
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http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/New_Developer_Info

Provide single mailing list for new developers/volunteers to reach out to on the wiki. Currently, the new developer contact page says "See the Contact and Get Involved pages for more information about these."

For new users, there is a lot to take in with all of the information and documentation that is out there. All of the reference links are making it more difficult to figure out where to go. There are more projects than there are mailing lists also. Things like UI don't have mailing lists. It can be confusing knowing where to go.

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  1. It would be better to change "See the Contact and Get Involved pages for more information about these." to something like "Sign up for the bf-committers@blender.org mailing list and talk with developers about getting involved further. Provide a link to the list.

thoughts?

Scott

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Scott Petrovic (scottpetrovic) created this task.Nov 17 2013, 4:50 PM
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Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added a subscriber: Brecht Van Lommel (brecht).Nov 18 2013, 6:19 AM

I changed the text to this now:

Most communication happens on mailing lists, irc chat and the bug and patch trackers. See the Contact for more information. When in doubt and no particular channel seems to match your question, mail the bf-committers mailing list and you will get an answer there or get redirected to the right channel.

Generally if people want to get involved e.g. working on cycles or writing addons, it's best to ask on the special interest list, so I don't want to give the impression that everyone should aways mail bf-committers first.

Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Resolved.Nov 18 2013, 6:19 AM
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