svn commit: r1639281 - /directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext

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Author: pierresmits
Date: Thu Nov 13 09:54:59 2014
New Revision: 1639281

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1639281
Log:
JIRA issue DIR-311: rewording of the 'contribute' page to make it more appealing and inviting to participate. Changing the next paragraph.

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=1639281&r1=1639280&r2=1639281&view=diff
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--- directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext (original)
+++ directory/site/trunk/content/contribute.mdtext Thu Nov 13 09:54:59 2014
@@ -21,17 +21,12 @@ Notice: Licensed to the Apache Software 
 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.
+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).
-
-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.
-
+To begin with, we suggest you to subscribe to the [Directory Mailing Lists & IRC](mailing-lists-and-irc.html) (follow the link for information on how to subscribe and to access the mail list archives). Listen-in for a while, to see how others make contributions.
 
+Then you can :
 
 * Answer questions posted to the mailing lists.
 * Contribute to the FAQ or Wiki.