On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:19 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 4 February 2013 19:05, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > It is relatively easy for a sysop to create a new language and catagory > > so > > > it apears on the homepage. Just sent me an e-mail if you support from > me. > > > > > > May I suggest we only create language areas where we have people > actively > > > maintaining it, so it is kept update. > > > > > > rgds > > > Jan I. > > > > > > > I understand what you're saying. From what I see, Mwiki, unlike say the > > web site, looks like it has primarily been used as an easy route for > > volunteer contributions for tutorials, tips, etc. I don't think we > > necessarily know in advance what will be "maintained". People request > > accounts (Previous to our spam attacks, this was done automatically -- I > am > > hoping we can at some point return to this). So I am suggesting that > > > Before the spam attacks, users had to press "create account", fill out the > form, and confirm the email sent to them. The procedure is exact the same > today. >
OK -- I thought we were still in "manual creation" mode, or maybe I misunderstood the whole concept here. Meaning, I thought there was currently more manual interventin in account creation now than what had previously existed. > > We could also have automatic user creation, with that the login, and if the > user is unkown it is simply created without any e-mail confirmation. I > strongly advice against such a procedure. > No -- we should definitely keep the e-mail verification. > > > > we at > > least have Documentation areas for the languages that are itemized on > the > > main page. > > > > Ideally, it would be great if we could have language specific areas for > the > > language versions we distribute for OpenOffice. > > > We have areas corresponding to the respin of 3.4.1 (If I look right), but > not for all 228 languages. > I think ideally we should have menu entries (areas) for the 28 we have now. Even if they are empty now, it seems reasonable to me that this would be an easy way to involve more volunteers from these languages. (What do you mean by 228?) > I think it is important to have a sysop responsible for a language, so we > can at least check what is being distributed. But of course ideally we > should have a translator for every language and thereby a potential sysop. > > The actual change to the front page, can be done by any sysop. May I > suggest that we e.g. only have the distributed languages on the front page, > and the rest in a second page, in order to keep the front page manageable. > OK, I was fine up until this statement and now I'm lost. Basically, I'm suggesting consistency of the language links from the front page to subsequent pages. This, for now, would be the 28 we have a distribution for. > Jan I. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2 February 2013 19:06, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > I notice we don't have many native language documentation areas > on > > > the > > > > > wiki > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation > > > > > > > > > > > > as we do languages on the main page > > > > > > > > > > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page > > > > > > > > > > > > Should we add more languages to the Documentation main page? I'm > > not > > > > > sure > > > > > > if I can do this or not... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On the doc list we're starting a new documentation set under the > > > > > Apache License. Once that is done it would make sense to translate > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > > Right now, I'm mainly concerned with "ad hoc" tutorials etc that some > > of > > > > our wiki users might want to publish in languages that aren't listed. > > > > > > > > I MAY be able to create some of these other language links in the > > > > Documentation area. But, I have not tried it. > > > > > > > > Right now we have a German documentation area -- > > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/DE/Documentation -- with nothing in > it > > > > which is fine. It is a placeholder. This is basically what I would > > > propose > > > > we setup for some other languages. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > MzK > > > > > > > > > > > > "A great deal of talent is lost to the world > > > > > > for want of a little courage." > > > > > > -- Sydney Smith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > MzK > > > > > > > > "A great deal of talent is lost to the world > > > > for want of a little courage." > > > > -- Sydney Smith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MzK > > > > "A great deal of talent is lost to the world > > for want of a little courage." > > -- Sydney Smith > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage." -- Sydney Smith
