Re: Bug#721307: [www.debian.org] Refers to prospective members as "prospective developers"
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:24:36 -0400,
Filipus Klutiero<chealer@gmail.com> wrote:
>Package: www.debian.org
>Severity: minor
>
>http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-advocate.en.html contains:
>> Before advocating a prospective developer, you should check that
>> they satisfy all things listed on the NM checklist
>> <http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-checklist>. No one should
>> advocate a prospective developer, only people who are already
>> developers. The page surely meant to refer to prospective "Debian
>> Developers" with capital "D"-s, now called members. All instances of
>> "developer" on this page should be changed to "member".
>
>By the way, "debian" should be capitalized later in the last paragraph.
>
I have attached a patch ready to be committed, which I will do in a
while if there are no objections.
-- Andreas Rönnquist
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Index: nm-advocate.wml
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RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/join/nm-advocate.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 nm-advocate.wml
--- nm-advocate.wml 30 Apr 2014 09:22:43 -0000 1.14
+++ nm-advocate.wml 3 May 2015 10:17:27 -0000
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-#use wml::debian::template title="Advocating a prospective developer"
+#use wml::debian::template title="Advocating a prospective member"
-<p>Before advocating a prospective developer, you should check that they
+<p>Before advocating a prospective member, you should check that they
satisfy all things listed on the <a href="./nm-checklist">NM checklist</a>.
</p>
<p>You should <em>only</em> advocate someone if you think that they are
-ready to be a developer. This means that you should have known them for
+ready to be a project member. This means that you should have known them for
some time and can judge their work. It is important that prospective
-developers have been working in the project for some time. Some ways
-prospective developers might be contributing include:</p>
+members have been working in the project for some time. Some ways
+prospective members might be contributing include:</p>
<ul>
<li>maintaining a package (or several),</li>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
</ul>
<p>These ways of helping are not mutually exclusive, of course! Many
-prospective developers will have done work in several areas of the
+prospective members will have done work in several areas of the
project, and not everyone must be a packager. Remember, <a
href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2010/vote_002";>Debian welcomes
non-packaging contributors as project members</a>. For a wider
@@ -32,19 +32,19 @@
the applicant is also important here.
</p>
-<p>The prospective developer should be familiar with Debian's special
+<p>The prospective member should be familiar with Debian's special
ways of doing things and should have already contributed actively and
effectively to the project. Most importantly, they should be
committed to the ideals and structure of the Debian project. Ask
yourself if you want to see them in Debian – if you think they
-should be a Debian developer then go ahead and encourage them to apply.
+should be a Debian Developer then go ahead and encourage them to apply.
</p>
-<p>Next carry out the following steps: Agree with the prospective developer
+<p>Next carry out the following steps: Agree with the prospective member
to recommend them and let them <a href="https://nm.debian.org/public/newnm";>sign
up</a>. After that, you have to click on their name in the <a
href="https://nm.debian.org/public/nmlist";>listing of Applicants</a>
-and go the <q>Advocate this application</q> page. Enter your debian login
+and go the <q>Advocate this application</q> page. Enter your Debian login
and press the <q>Advocate</q> button. You then will receive an e-mail with an
auth key which you have to return PGP/GPG signed. After this, the
Applicant is added to the queue for an Application Manager with whom
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