git: 80a362a6ef - main - Articles/Status reports process: Improvements

Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.doc
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=80a362a6ef3987c41c1564aa0d7426ef35ba55f8

commit 80a362a6ef3987c41c1564aa0d7426ef35ba55f8
Author:     Chris Moerz <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2025-02-23 10:08:20 +0000
Commit:     Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2025-02-23 10:22:52 +0000

    Articles/Status reports process: Improvements
    
    - Remove reference to a contributor of a very old version of this document: it does not add much to the text and the name can be retrieved through our VCS if need be.
    - Various other improvements.
    
    Reviewed by:    status (Pau Amma <[email protected]>)
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D47497
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 .../en/articles/freebsd-status-report-process/_index.adoc  | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/articles/freebsd-status-report-process/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/articles/freebsd-status-report-process/_index.adoc
index da58fcbacb..10f66607fb 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/articles/freebsd-status-report-process/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/articles/freebsd-status-report-process/_index.adoc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: FreeBSD Status Report Process
 authors:
   - author: The FreeBSD Documentation Project
-copyright: 2023 The FreeBSD Documentation Project
+copyright: 2023-2025 The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 description: Instructions for both writers and editors of status reports
 trademarks: ["freebsd", "git", "github", "general"]
 ---
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Throughout this document and in other places related to FreeBSD status reports a
 
 == Instructions for writers
 
-This section provides some advice on writing status report entries from mailto:[email protected][David Chisnall], experienced in technical writing.
+This section provides some advice on writing status report entries.
 Instructions on how to submit your entries are also given.
 
 _Do not worry if you are not a native English speaker.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ A new driver, abc(4), was added to the tree, bringing support for
 Yoyodyne's range of Frobnicator network interfaces.
 ....
 
-Now the reader knows that abc is a network interface driver.
+Now the reader knows that `abc` is a network interface driver.
 Even if they do not use any Yoyodyne products, you have communicated that FreeBSD's support for network devices is improving.
 
 === Show the Importance of Your Work
@@ -214,12 +214,14 @@ Calls for status reports are sent to the following recipients:
 
 * the link:https://lists.freebsd.org/subscription/freebsd-status-calls[[email protected] mailing list];
 * to all submitters of last status reports (they may have updates or further improvements);
-* and, depending on the season:
+* and, depending on the season,
 	** Various conference organizers:
 		*** link:mailto:[email protected][AsiaBSDCon] in March (First Quarter);
 		*** link:mailto:[email protected][BSDCan] in May (Second Quarter);
-		*** EuroBSDcon September - October (Third-Fourth Quarter).
-		EuroBSDcon as an organization is not interested in writing reports for FreeBSD (at least it was not in October 2019: its reason is that the conference is not FreeBSD specific), so reports about this event should be asked of members of the FreeBSD community that attended it;
+	** Various conference attendees:
+		*** EuroBSDcon in September - October (Third-Fourth Quarter);
+		    EuroBSDcon as an organization is not interested in writing reports for FreeBSD - at least it was not in October 2019: its reason is that the conference is not FreeBSD specific.
+		    Hence, reports about this event should be asked of members of the FreeBSD community that attended it.
 	** Google Summer of Code link:mailto:[email protected][students] and their link:mailto:[email protected][mentors].
 
 The easiest way to send calls for status reports is to use the link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/tools/sendcalls/sendcalls[[.filename]#sendcalls# perl script] in the [.filename]#tools/sendcalls# directory of the doc git repository.
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