Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

On 19 oct. 10, at 23:13, Cor Nouws wrote:

> > > Joining the global users lists, gives the largest public, so more
> > > knowledge / international exchange. I find that useful in some
> > > cases.
> >
> > That works only for people who understand English. So it is not
> > global by definition.
>
> That is true, so a users@en.documentfoundation.org would show that difference.

Definitely. And discuss@en.libreoffice.org too.

> Mind that common is (was?) that there is for example
>  an users@<language>.documentfoundation.org
> as well as
>  a marketing or a dev@<language>.documentfoundation.org.
> The place where people in a certain language area work together.
>
> For English that obviously does not work, and for Spanish and maybe more languages too.
> Therefore, we already see a list for a local/regional group in the US (iirc).

Indeed. But that is beside the point I am making.

_ALL_ lists should be identified by the language they use.

Unless the lists are clearly and exclusively about global policy issues, in which case they should 
_theorically_ be multilingual (ie not explicitly refuse contributions because some list members do 
not understand the language of the post).


Jean-Christophe Helary
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