>On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 17:16:09 +0200 >Ekkard Gerlach <ekkardgerlach at aiai.de> wrote: > >> Like already mentioned I'm a 2-person business (might be with >> some students next weeks, see flyers on the walls of University >> of Karlsruhe sticked thursday). It's my secretary and not me who >> has to make flyers - and my secretary can't understand/speak >> english. So she normally stops working when a problem occurs and > > can't ask in this list.
Please do ask (see below for more) ! > > >> I assume that it's very often that some secretaries have to make >> flyers and not admins that speak english. A german forum (and >> also a forum in other languages!) would help much to improve >> scribus. > >Are you thinking of a solution like phpBB ( http://www.phpbb.com/ , >here my favourite one: http://forum.tuxbox.org/forum/index.php )? Finely >split into German, French, etc.? I was thinking about it myself, it >works fine for other communities... On the other hand, we are not so >many, and the current magnificent cooperation between the developers and >us users/supporters/translators could easily get lost, if we decide >to attend different forums. >I don't know... Hi, Maciej is right, we are not so many. For that reason, I have a strong preference right now to keep it as it is. I have absolutely no problem with posts in any languages, the only drawback being to have sometimes a smaller group of knowledgeable people to answer a specific post (and when is the case, the workaround is to translate the question...). I think Craig Bradney pointed out that this might be the only real issue: having someone to reply quick in one specific language. Also, some posts are easier than other to help people with. The point here is to be able to give a hand, and not necessarily write in sustained language! Sometimes, just a few words will help solve the case or give a helpful hint. I don't think we ever came across an issue that was not responded (sometimes we even empty the question thoroughly! :) This has also a nice side effect: exposure to other languages can be very stimulating! We cover lots of ground right now and could only cover more by letting people know we do have a high level of communication capabilities and that we do care about communicating! In my view, this could not be possible in separate forums and could only be more complicated. Again, I am saying that *right now*. I understand that if a larger group of users wants to get organized and have time, energy and know-how to do it (I am thinking of the portuguese and the polish wiki), then why not! On my part, I am ready to help with posts in French, English and Italian + a little German and a little Russian. Please don't push too hard on the last two, my knowledge is very narrow! :) Louis >cheers >Maciej
