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diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index 32cb15595..0cae0bb99 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ <dt>Is this site still in development?</dt> -<dd>Yes, that's right. The site is currently being tested with a handful of -real requests, and improved. The design and even the name are not final. -If you have any comments, or would like to help test by sending a request -to a public body that we don't have yet, then email +<dd>Yes, that's right. The site is currently being tested and improved. +Feel free to make a test request, and <a href="/contact">let us know</a> how you +find it. The design and the name are not final. If you have any comments, +or would like to help test by sending a request to a public body that +we don't have yet, then email <a href="mailto:<%=contact_email%>"><%=contact_email%></a>. </dd> @@ -14,12 +15,10 @@ to a public body that we don't have yet, then email <dl> <dt>What is foi.mysociety.org for?</dt> - <dd>To help you find out inside information about what the UK government is doing.</dd> <dt>How does the site work?</dt> - <dd>You choose the public body that you would like information from, then write a brief note describing what you want to know. We then send your request to the public body. Any response they make is automatically published on the @@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ website for you and anyone else to find and read. </dd> <dt>Why would I bother to do this?</dt> - <dd>You pay taxes, and then Government does things with the money. All sorts of things that affect your life, from healthcare through to national defense. Some it does badly, some it does well. The more we find out about how Government @@ -35,8 +33,11 @@ works, the better able we are to make suggestions to improve the things that are done badly, and to celebrate the things that are done well. </dd> -<dt>Who makes it?</dt> +<dt>Why would the public body bother to reply?</dt> +<dd>Yes, under Freedom of Information law, they have to respond. +</dd> +<dt>Who makes it?</dt> <dd>foi.mysociety.org is made by <a href="http://www.mysociety.org">mySociety</a>, and was initially <a href="http://www.mysociety.org/2006/12/06/funding-for-freedom-of-information/">funded by the JRSST Charitable Trust</a>. mySociety is a project of the registered charity <a href="http://www.ukcod.org.uk/UK_Citizens_Online_Democracy">UK Citizens Online Democracy</a>. diff --git a/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml b/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml index 238f49667..fde60cfcf 100644 --- a/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml +++ b/app/views/layouts/default.rhtml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <a href="/">foi.mysociety.org</a> <span id="beta">(<%= link_to "in development", about_url %>)</span> </h1> - <div id="tagline">It's your information. Free it from them.</div> + <div id="tagline">Request information from the UK Government</div> </div> <ul id="navigation"> <li><a href="/new">Make Request</a></li> |