Hi All (Hola a todos) > From: Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon 09 Apr 2007 23:49:29 EST
>> On Monday 09 April 2007 09:27, my mailbox was graced by a missive >> from CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who wrote: >>> This list is generally an English only mailing list. Yes. But the key word is generally. >>> If you would like to communicate in your own language then >>> please have a look at http://es.openoffice.org -> "Mailing list" >>> or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Given the number of postings in tongues that we get here, could >> it be that the page where one subscribes to _this_ list does not >> make it sufficiently clear that _this_ list is in English, and >> that lists in other languages are also available? This may be a problem for those that don't speak the language being used to communicate, but there are other factors involved: 1).- The person posting had an open-office related problem and asked for assistance; 2).- This list allows non-subscribers to post messages; 3).- Multilingual members are also subscribed; and 4).- Many non-English speakers can understand (if not speak) English. So I for one have no problem when No. 1 occurs. Let them come. Que vengan las solicitudes. ¿Todos somos buenos vecinos, aqui, no? (So let the requests come. We're all good neighbors here, right)? Which is not to say that mentioning the existence of a resource in another language would be inappropriate. That's one person's opinion. Douglas Hinds > The majority of non-English posts come from non-subscribed users. > Providing your suggested information on the subscription page would do > little to reduce the number of non-English posts. I suspect that most of > these users have enough understanding of English to locate the address > for this list on the "Contact Us" page, so it may be helpful to add some > information and a link from http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html to > http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html > Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
