2015.01.24 11:39, Andrea Pescetti rašė:
I'm trying to get to the "What problem does this solve?" angle. If this is a page meant to be useful for the general international public
Here are a couple of real life illustrations of the situations it may address/solve.
1) Just recently I wandered off to a local forum discussing the Lithuanian version of AOO wherein a person was complaining about not being able to contact the localizer (in that case, it would've been me). Three thing should be heeded: (a) he wasn't interested in "who's done it" (history) but in "who's doing it" (present), (b) he wasn't interested in gathering information about me but in contacting me (presumably there was a specific message to be relaid to me because "I'm doing it" and "could do something about it"); (c) he failed to contact me. (My immediate response was "what a bummer.")
2) A few weeks ago I wrote an in-depth promotional e-mail to (pretty much) all Lithuanian schools and some major government and municipal institutions presenting arguments for AOO (i.e., why it is the way for the public sector in Lithuania) and encouraging to try it out. I had the idea for some time but kept postponing it till I felt the Lithuanian localization had assumed a professional look. I don't know what the reactions will be or if there will be any to begin with, but at least I want to be visible and accessible. Accessible, that is, via AOO website as a hub for everything AOO-esque. I don't want to take it anywhere else because that would lead to fragmentation of our energies and we should be looking for ways to consolidate them.
2015.01.24 16:29, Louis Suárez-Potts rašė:
What kind of mechanisms do you suppose could be used here, in the credits, to encourage more substantive engagement?
I would not do anything special about it. I'd just include a link (some such as "Contact" or "Contributors") in the top navigation bar (see "Susisiekti"*** at "http://www.openoffice.org/lt/";) leading to a simple page such as "http://www.openoffice.org/lt/participate/contributors"; (to provide an example in English). It is not like we have to make the contact list attractive or "burgeoning" in itself. No. The website, the Suite, the rest of the project's outlets are already working together to produce an interest on the part of those who want to get in touch with the people "doing it". The contact list is simply making it easier for them and increasing social opportunities for everyone involved.
*** "Susisiekti" = "Contact". 2015.01.26 13:59, YoheY - OpenOffice rašė:
Could you talk about your dream?
It's a much more down-to-earth thing, really. All I was thinking about was this:
Home Page > Top Navigation Bar > Contact > "http://www.openoffice.org/lt/participate/contributors";
It is meant to be very basic and simple, and by "simple" I intend not being hungry for resources and maintenance.
Why is this? We as partakers and runners of the project have to wisely allocate our energies. I, for one, have to improve the localization of UI, translate the Help, maintain the Lithuanian subsite, report bugs and issues in Bugzilla, and so on. All these things have be run simultenously. And it does look that some of us have to do juggle quite a few of them if they are to get done at all.
Therefore, I whole-heatedly agree with: 2015.01.26 02:18, Louis Suárez-Potts rašė:
...start off small.
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