I think it is based on your home project :) I voted from meta, but got an email in Dutch - which is almost only on nlwiki my preferred language. I made some other suggestions on how to improve the email next time, maybe it would make sense to collect other suggestions there too: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Board_elections/2011#Email
Best regards, Lodewijk 2011/6/10 Strainu <[email protected]> > I think the system did NOT work for you :) It seems strange to send > the same email in several languages. I only received it in Romanian. I > think this is taken based on your language preferences (on meta?) > > Strainu > > 2011/6/10 Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]>: > > Hallo, > > > > I just received an email (see below) that invites me to participate in > > the elections. > > > > There are several technical issues with it: > > > > 1. I already voted. It may be a good idea to send this only to people > > who didn't. > > > > 2. The subject says "2009". > > > > 3. The email is sent in English and Hebrew. I don't know how did the > > system find out that that is my preferred language, so it's a bit > > weird, but in general i'm happy about this localization. There is > > still a problem, however: since the text is bidirectional and this > > email is sent in plain text, the Hebrew text is garbled and hardly > > readable. One way to solve this is to send the email as HTML and to > > define the Hebrew part as dir="rtl". This is relevant for all RTL > > languages - Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashto, Divehi and many others. > > > > Thank you, > > > > -- > > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > > "We're living in pieces, > > I want to live in peace." - T. Moore > > > > > > הודעה שהועברה > > מאת: Wikimedia Board Elections Committee < > [email protected]> > > תאריך: 10 ביוני 2011 14:56 > > נושא: Wikimedia Foundation Elections 2009 > > אל: Amire80 [email protected] > > > > > > Dear Amire80, > > > > You are eligible to vote in the 2011 elections for the Board of > > Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates projects such as > > Wikipedia. The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is > > ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the > > Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. > > > > For more information, please see > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/en . To remove > > yourself from future notification, please add your user name at > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_nomail_list . > > </div> > > > > <div style="{{quote style}}"> > > שלום Amire80, > > > > הנך זכאי להשתתף בבחירות 2011 לחבר הנאמנים של קרן ויקימדיה, המפעילה > > מספר מיזמים כגון Wikipedia. > > חבר הנאמנים הוא הגוף המחליט הנושא באחריות הכוללת לקיומה של הקרן בטווח > > הארוך, ולכן אנו מקבלים בברכה השתתפות רחבה בבחירתו. > > > > למידע נוסף, אנא ראו please see > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/he . להסרת שמך > > מקבלת הודעות דומות בעתיד, אנא צרפו את שמכם בדף > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_nomail_list . > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
