Roberto Gorjão <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now, about the issue in discussion, I must say that I resent the title > that you chose to your message: "Why the list is 'English only'".
I think it would be better to say that English is the preferred language. I do not think it is interesting to have discussions ongoing in a language other than English (since the goal is to have everybody join the discussion). Nevertheless, questions in languages other than english should be accepted politely and efficiently if possible. > You say and I quote " If this is not desireable or inconvenient for > a group of people, then they can and have started separate forums", > and you've pointed a French one. I was there and found that in the > last two months they've exchanged 6 messages. The french list is indeed not very active. It was created because some people asked for it, but it never gained real momentum. > I found as well that in the French LyX page -- > http://yann.morere.free.fr/lyx/configure.html -- their link "Liste > des Utilisateurs" (users list) points to this list and not to the > French forum. There is no such thing as a french lyx page. The page you point to has not been modified since 2004. > Anyway, their forum could be exchanging hundreds or > thousands of messages, that's not the point. The point is that all > messages that are exchanged elsewhere make this list poorer and that > information that is shared there will not help any of us. Yes, like all threads in Hungarian would make the list poorer as far as I am concerned, since I do not read it. > That's why the "English Only" option is in fact totalitarian. I think using such strong words will not help you to be heard :) I do not think there are such things as hard rules on the language on this list. Nevertheless, any choice is imperfect, and English is considered as the simplest common ground. Si je me mettais à répondre en français aux questions techniques, il y aurait beaucoup de détails qui seraient perdus, même pour les autres utilisateurs qui ont des notions de cette langue. JMarc
