+1 on the French list. FWIW, I think the argument below fails to take into consideration the increase in signal to noise ratio mentioned in Sylvain's original rationale. If there are suddenly 5 languages mixed on the lists, most people are going to find between 50-80% (assuming the average person worldwide is comfortable in 1-3 languages) meaningless or at least not worth the trouble. That combined with the high volume will tend to make people tune out IMO.
Geoff On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:43:11 +0100, Nathaniel Alfred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ralph Goers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Mittwoch, 12. Januar 2005 17:30 > >To: dev@cocoon.apache.org > >Subject: Re: [VOTE] Creation of a french-speaking users list > > >As far as the list goes, I'm generally OK with it but it makes me > wonder > >what happens when someone wants a list in German, Italian, Spanish, > >Klingon, or whatever. It would be a lot nicer if there was one list > and > >when you subscribed and specified you spoke French it translated it for > >you (and back on replies as well). Sigh - well, I can dream. > > >Ralph > > I had a similar reaction. There are more people out there who can > follow > written English but don't dare to write questions in English. I also > remember occasions where people were told off for posting non-English > on Cocoon mailing lists. > > I'd rather propose to make it public policy on the user list that one > may > post a question in any language. If the language is not English, the > poster > accepts that either > > a) the answer may be in the same language, or > b) the answer may be in English, or > c) there may be no answer > > Cheers, Alfred (reading English/French/German/Spanish but answering only > in English) >
