On Friday 26 November 2004 12:17, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Werner LEMBERG > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > >> If there were enough persons interested in, then perhaps with a > >> little bit help I could maintain a german mailinglist. > > > >While being a native German speaker, I fear I won't have enough time > >to discuss problems on two lists... > > And while convention says international newsgroups/mailing lists should > be in English, I see no reason why we should be so arrogant as to expect > others to speak our language. Why shouldn't people post to the mailing > list in other languages if their English isn't good enough? It just > means that they are going to get less help because fewer people will > understand the question :-) >
One variation I have used when writing to German lists to which I belong: Being of German descent but having a somewhat limited vocabulary, I will write the question in both my limited German and in English. I usually get help in two ways then - in my problem and in my German. I agree with Werner's concern - splitting to language-based lists will do very little more than splinter the already limited (albeit excellent) resources that are available. (And give the spam-bots more lists to haunt.) JMHO /Hans _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
