Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of 2020SeasonOfDocs

Timestamp:

Apr 29, 2020, 9:54:30 AM (5 years ago)

Author:

Carlton Gibson

Comment:

Edits from feedback via Will Vincent.

2020SeasonOfDocs

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 == Google's Season of Docs.
 
-Summer of Code has been a real boon to Django. We'd like to participate too in
-Google's Season of Docs.
+Summer of Code has been a real boon to Django over the years, providing major new features. We'd like to also participate in Google's Season of Docs this year.
 
 Generally Django's docs are great. So much so that [https://twitter.com/aaronbassett/status/1254601750461534208?s=20 folks send thanks].
 
-Repeatedly though we've had one observation, that a specialist technical writer could
+Repeatedly we've had one observation, that a specialist technical writer could
 really help us with. The [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/internals/contributing/ Contributing Guide] is, frankly, overwhelming.
 
-There are something like 5 or 6 **thousand** words. It's got everything you need to know. But it's not approachable. Repeatedly, new contributors report that they just can't get going.
+There are something like 5 or 6 **thousand** words. It's got everything you need to know. But it's not approachable. New contributors report that they just can't get going as a result.
 
-There's [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/internals/contributing/new-contributors/ advice for new contributors], [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches/ walkthroughs on submitting a patch], and so on. In theory everything you need to know. But it's not structured in the best way possible. It's clearly not offering the best on-ramp.
+There's [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/internals/contributing/new-contributors/ advice for new contributors], [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches/ walkthroughs on submitting a patch], and so on. In theory everything you need to know. But it's clearly not structured in the best way possible. It's clearly not offering the best on-ramp.
 
-We'd love to encourage more contributors, and more contributors from across the community. A Season of Docs project focused on making Django's Contributing Guide more accessible would go a long way to promoting that goal.
+We'd love to encourage more contributors from across the community. A Season of Docs project focused on making Django's Contributing Guide more accessible would go a long way to promoting that goal.
 
 Any queries are very welcome on the [https://forum.djangoproject.com Forum contributing channel].