Hey all, This is more of a related question to add on that's related to the one asked by Ramadan.
Is there a (good/feasible) way of making the websites more friendly to people who speak no English? I can see options to change the language on the Wiki and the AUR, but of course the AUR doesn't get translations of each package description, and I'm not seeing a language selection on any of the other websites either. According to [0] and [1], less than two billion people speak English. According to [2], we already have more than 8.2 billion people on Earth. Granted, less than 70% of these actually have access to the internet [3], and only 3.93% of those on a desktop/laptop are using some form of Linux[4], but I think it's a question worth asking regardless. Just need to focus on Ramadan's question first, it is an important one. -Adam [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world [1]: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/how-many-people-speak-english-and-where-is-it-spoken [2]: https://www.worldometers.info [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users [4]: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide This message was signed with my PGP key. If you want to encrypt your messages to me, its corresponding public key is uploaded to the MIT and Ubuntu keyservers. If you have trouble using these, I will provide my public key on request. -------- Original Message -------- From: Ramadan Ali <[email protected]> Sent: 5 September 2025 07:08:10 UTC To: [email protected] Subject: Non English package details Hi, Is there any rules/policy about packages with non English details in AUR? Recently I came across many packages that have non English descriptions and I can't understand what the packages does or provide, and I got curious about the policy regarding this issue. Cheers, Ramadan Ali (alicavus) This message was signed with my PGP key. If you want to encrypt your messages to me, its corresponding public key is uploaded to the MIT and Ubuntu keyservers. If you have trouble using these, I will provide my public key on request.
