> On 27 Jan 2015, at 12:03, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Aivaras Stepukonis > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry for the wrong link. Here's the right one: >> "http://www.openoffice.org/xx/participate/contact.html";. >> > > A problem here is what happens with outdated information. We're > fortunate to have long-term contributors like you, taking ownership of > a translation. But in many cases someone helps with only a single > release and then they move on. Someone else helps with the next > release. And so on. So this contact information becomes out of date. > > This frustrates new volunteers more than it helps them, since their > emails can go unanswered and no one else in the project even knows > these new volunteers exist. This is why we encourage translation > volunteers to use this mailing list, [email protected], as their > first point of contact. This is where the translation community > lives. We should all be subscribed to this list. Of course, there > is nothing wrong with responding to a new volunteer's note and > following up via private email, or directing them to an NL mailing > list. That is fine. > > -Rob
Right—This is why I suggested periodic reviews and also the consideration of what to do if the maintainer’s interest wanes or she goes away—both of which will lead to outdated and off-putting information. A periodic review can mitigate those problems. More generally, I’m in favour of tactics that may be temporary, ad hoc, local—but effective, at least for that moment and provided that the aftermath is less a ruin than a milestone. -louis > > >> Regards, >> Aivaras >> >> 2015.01.27 14:44, Aivaras Stepukonis rašė: >> >>> The HTML template of the new contact page for the native subsites is >>> complete. You may check it out at "http://www.openoffice.org/xx/support/";. >>> >>> The link "Contact" has been added to the top navigation bar. >>> >>> Native volunteers, you are welcome to copy the template to your >>> ".../LocaleCode/participate/" and localize it there. >>> >>> 2015.01.27 00:54, Andrea Pescetti rašė: >>>> >>>> We have contact_us.html for that. We won't add this one. Actually, you >>>> may send people to contact_us.html for unrelated reports. >>> >>> >>> I compared "contact_us.html" with ".../xxx/support/index.html" and the two >>> seem to overlap. Since ".../xxx/support/index.html" is localizable I gave it >>> priority. But we can easily change it if need be. >>> >>> 2015.01.26 20:47, Marcus rašė: >>>> >>>> please remember to present your idea also on the dev@ mailing list. >>> >>> 2015.01.27 00:54, Andrea Pescetti rašė: >>>> >>>> Marcus is right in saying that some of this should be discussed on the >>>> dev list... >>> >>> >>> This is perfectly understandable, it's just that joining that mailing list >>> would be a little too much for me at the moment. If some of you who partake >>> of that mailing list could circulate the ideas discussed here that would be >>> great. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Aivaras >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
