On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 27 Jan 2015, at 12:03, Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Aivaras Stepukonis >> <astepuko...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Sorry for the wrong link. Here's the right one: >>> "http://www.openoffice.org/xx/participate/contact.html";. >>> >> >> A problem here is what happens with outdated information. We're >> fortunate to have long-term contributors like you, taking ownership of >> a translation. But in many cases someone helps with only a single >> release and then they move on. Someone else helps with the next >> release. And so on. So this contact information becomes out of date. >> >> This frustrates new volunteers more than it helps them, since their >> emails can go unanswered and no one else in the project even knows >> these new volunteers exist. This is why we encourage translation >> volunteers to use this mailing list, l...@openoffice.org, as their >> first point of contact. This is where the translation community >> lives. We should all be subscribed to this list. Of course, there >> is nothing wrong with responding to a new volunteer's note and >> following up via private email, or directing them to an NL mailing >> list. That is fine. >> >> -Rob > > Right—This is why I suggested periodic reviews and also the consideration of > what to do if the maintainer’s interest wanes or she goes away—both of which > will lead to outdated and off-putting information. A periodic review can > mitigate those problems. >
Vacations, even time zone differences, lead to the same issue. Having a mailing list as the first contact point is more responsive than a personal email address. I don't mind a NL credits page. That is fine. But I don't like the idea of steering volunteers away from community mailing lists. Note: We don't put personal contact anywhere else, not for marketing, press, development, etc. With AOO we have consistently pointed people to community destinations, websites, fora, mailing lists, etc. Regards, -Rob > More generally, I’m in favour of tactics that may be temporary, ad hoc, > local—but effective, at least for that moment and provided that the aftermath > is less a ruin than a milestone. > > > -louis >> >> >>> Regards, >>> Aivaras >>> >>> 2015.01.27 14:44, Aivaras Stepukonis rašė: >>> >>>> The HTML template of the new contact page for the native subsites is >>>> complete. You may check it out at "http://www.openoffice.org/xx/support/";. >>>> >>>> The link "Contact" has been added to the top navigation bar. >>>> >>>> Native volunteers, you are welcome to copy the template to your >>>> ".../LocaleCode/participate/" and localize it there. >>>> >>>> 2015.01.27 00:54, Andrea Pescetti rašė: >>>>> >>>>> We have contact_us.html for that. We won't add this one. Actually, you >>>>> may send people to contact_us.html for unrelated reports. >>>> >>>> >>>> I compared "contact_us.html" with ".../xxx/support/index.html" and the two >>>> seem to overlap. Since ".../xxx/support/index.html" is localizable I gave >>>> it >>>> priority. But we can easily change it if need be. >>>> >>>> 2015.01.26 20:47, Marcus rašė: >>>>> >>>>> please remember to present your idea also on the dev@ mailing list. >>>> >>>> 2015.01.27 00:54, Andrea Pescetti rašė: >>>>> >>>>> Marcus is right in saying that some of this should be discussed on the >>>>> dev list... >>>> >>>> >>>> This is perfectly understandable, it's just that joining that mailing list >>>> would be a little too much for me at the moment. If some of you who partake >>>> of that mailing list could circulate the ideas discussed here that would be >>>> great. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Aivaras >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org
