committers-guide: Register blanket approvals from doceng

Suggested by:	lwhsu
Approved by:	doceng

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@@ -272,6 +272,37 @@ Committers are encouraged to seek review for their work as part of the normal de
 Mentored committers can provide a "Reviewed by" but not an "Approved by".
 * Committers can acquire an additional bit by the usual process of finding a mentor who will propose them to core, doceng, or portmgr, as appropriate. When approved, they will be added to 'access' and the normal mentoring period will ensue, which will involve a continuing of "Approved by" for some period.
 
+[[doc-blanket-approval]]
+==== Documentation Implicit (Blanket) Approval
+
+Some types of fixes have "blanket approval" from the {doceng}, allowing any committer to fix those categories of problems on any part of the doc tree.
+These fixes do not need approval or review from a doc committer if the author doesn't have a doc commit bit.
+
+Blanket approval applies to these types of fixes:
+
+* Typos
+* Trivial fixes
++
+Punctuations, URLs, dates, paths/files name with outdated or wrong information, and other common mistakes that may confound the readers.
+
+Over the years, some implicit approvals were granted in the doc tree. This list shows the most common cases:
+
+* Changes in [.filename]#documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/versions/_index.adoc#
++
+link:{porters-handbook}versions/[__FreeBSD_version Values (Porter's Handbook)], mainly used for src committers.
+* Changes in [.filename]#documentation/content/en/articles/contributors/contrib-additional.adoc#
++
+link:{contributors}#contrib-additional[Additional FreeBSD Contributors'] maintenance.
+* All link:#commit-steps[Steps for New Committers], doc related
+* Security advisories; Errata Notices; Releases;
++
+Used by {security-officer} and {re}.
+* Changes in [.filename]#website/content/en/donations/donors.adoc#
++
+Used by {donations}.
+
+Before any commit, a build test is necessary; see the 'Overview' and 'The FreeBSD Documentation Build Process' sections of the link:{fdp-primer}[FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors] for more details.
+
 [[git-primer]]
 == Git Primer