Quim Gil wrote: > PS: reading twice Thilo's email I see he also agrees that "using flags > for languages is a bad idea"
I kind of think it depends on the language and the context surrounding it, though. I think for a language like Japanese or say Irish Gaelic where the language really is mostly spoken in the country of origin, you could comfortably use that country's flag as part of the design and there wouldn't be any potential negative feelings about it. There are some languages, however, such as German, Portuguese, Spanish, English, etc. where this simply would not be appropriate because the language is associated with *many* countries. Or countries such as India or China where *many* languages are associated with one country. This is something that depends on the context, which is why I think it should be up to the folks in charge of the project to customize their logo and it shouldn't be something we dictate (although we can note something like be careful about using a flag, don't offend, blah blah.) The folks in charge of a particular language's translation or in charge of a particular country's group know best, I think, the mindfields to avoid and know the proper symbols to go with in their design. So I guess in a nutshell I don't think we should dictate whether or not flags must be used. I wouldn't completely ban them completely, however. ~m -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
