svn commit: r1639272 - /directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext

[pi...@apache.org]

Author: pierresmits
Date: Thu Nov 13 08:52:20 2014
New Revision: 1639272

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1639272
Log:
JIRA issue DIR-311: rewording of the 'contribute' page to make it more appealing and inviting to participate. Rerun to correct blank page visibility. Removing formatting in text.

Modified:
    directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext

Modified: directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext?rev=1639272&r1=1639271&r2=1639272&view=diff
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--- directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext (original)
+++ directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext Thu Nov 13 08:52:20 2014
@@ -18,18 +18,20 @@ Notice: Licensed to the Apache Software 
 
 # Join the Apache Directory Community
 
-First of all, a big **thank you** from us for evaluating and/or using our products. We truly appreciate it. Our products exist, and continue to improve thanks to you. 
+First of all, a big thank you from us for evaluating and/or using our products. We truly appreciate it. Our products exist, and continue to improve thanks to you. 
 But you can help us and yourself more!
 
-As we are a community of volunteers working with the guidelines and policies of the Apache Software Foundation (the Apache Way) in mind, we **welcome** any kind of input you can provide to get better products. These contributions, whether you think of reporting bugs, supplying code enhancements, improvements to our documentation, answering questions in our mailing lists or anywhere else are valuable to us. Because these will help us in helping you.
+As we are a community of volunteers working with the guidelines and policies of the Apache Software Foundation - the Apache Way - in mind, we welcome any kind of input you can provide to get better products.
+These contributions, whether you think of reporting bugs, supplying code enhancements, improvements to our documentation, answering questions in our mailing lists or anywhere else are valuable to us. Because these will help us in helping you.
 
-You can also consider **donating** in other ways to the Apache Software Foundation. Look for more information on that subject at this page: [resource donations](http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html).
+You can also consider donating in other ways to the Apache Software Foundation. Look for more information on that subject at this page: [resource donations](http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html).
 
 So, you consider contributing to our project. But how do you go about achieving this?
 
-Well, it is as easy as pie. The first thing youÕll need to do is **subscribe** to one of our mailing lists (see the overview below) and youÕre set to go to deliver your first contribution: a posting there, about how great our products are, what you found missing, or even the bug you got confronted with. You might even consider a more interactive approach and join the team on our IRC channel.
+Well, it is as easy as pie. The first thing youÕll need to do is subscribe to one of our mailing lists -see the overview below- and youÕre set to go to deliver your first contribution: a posting there, about how great our products are, what you found missing, or even the bug you got confronted with. 
+You might even consider a more interactive approach and join the team on our IRC channel.
 
-After you have had your first contribution over and done with, it stays **easy**. You can:
+After you have had your first contribution over and done with, it stays easy. You can:
 * reply to questions, and/or share your viewpoint on how issues could get resolved
 * add to our FAQs or WIKI
 * share your code and documentation patches through our issue management solution [JIRA](issue-tracking.html)
@@ -43,25 +45,9 @@ To make it more explicit, we are looking
 * Detailed and/or constructive feedback
 * Articles (case studies, white papers, etc) and presentations (speeches) about how our products helped you.
 
-But the list is not limited to the above! If you feel we missed something there, please **let us know**.
-
-## Mailing lists and IRC channels
-| Name | Subscribe | Post | Archive |
-|---|:-:|:-:|:-:|
-| The Directory Developers List | [Subscribe](mailto:dev-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:dev@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-dev) |
-| The Directory Users List| [Subscribe](mailto:users-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:users@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-users)  |
-| The Directory Commits List | [Subscribe](mailto:commits-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | — | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-commits) |
-| The LDAP API List | [Subscribe](mailto:api-subscribe@directory.apache.org) | [Post](mailto:api@directory.apache.org) | [mail-archives.apache.org](http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/directory-api) |
-
-
-Our IRC channels on free node.net are:
-* [#apache-directory](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory)
-* [#apache-directory-dev](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-directory-dev)
-* [#apache-fortress](irc://irc.freenode.net/apache-fortress)
-
-For more information about our mailing lists and IRC channels, check out: [mailing lists](mailing-lists-and-irc.html).
+But the list is not limited to the above! If you feel we missed something there, please let us know.
 
 Again, we thank you and look forward to seeing your first contribution.
 
-**The Apache Directory Community**
+The Apache Directory Community