On Monday 11 April 2005 10:53 am, PLinnell wrote: > On Monday 11 April 2005 16:04, Carol Kankelborg wrote: > > Thomas R. Koll wrote: > > > Hi Normann, > > > > > > Though maybe 10% onlist will understand your German, please use > > > English instead of German. > > > > No one has responded to this, so I feel I must. Is this a change in > > policy on the list? > > > > In my few years subscribed to this list I have > > seen numerous posts in German and other non-english languages > > and have never seen a complaint about them. They are ignored > > by those who don't speak the language and answered by those > > who do. So I was surprised to see this reply. > > No, there is no set policy, though it *is* preferable to send in > English. > > The best is even English *and* another language if you are not a > native English speaker and its imperfect or you have difficulty. > > Also, Franz, the original developer is indeed German and a decent > portion of our user base are German speakers. We've had all German > threads and i guess we'll have them again in the future. > > Our team can speak or read the following: > > Czech > English > French > German > Swedish > Luxembourgish > Polish > Slovak > Swedish > > No, I do not want the list to become a tower of babel, but helping > folks and getting them sorted is rule # 1 IMO. > > The same goes for #scribus on IRC. Its mainly English, but French, > German, Italian and even Russian can be seen. > > The international flavor of Scribus is one of the things I as an > anglophone really like.. I guess our mindset is inclusive - a Good > Thing TM IMO. > > Peter
I must say that I agree with Peter - In essence, this is a practical matter. Otherwise, as Peter pointed out, this list and the resulting archives become Babylon. As a side note, I'm not opposed to other languages - I can get by in French and/or Spanish. Regards Marvin Dickens
