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 [email protected] would show that difference.

Definitely. And [email protected] 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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