On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> We currently have a web page that lists all of our mailing lists: > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html > > However, the native language lists that we're creating recently are > not there. And I think adding them to that page would not be the best > approach. I wonder if it would be better to highlight these > communities on their own page. > > So something like this: > > On our podling page here: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/ > > Add new page under Community called "Native Language Communities" or > maybe something a little shorter. > This sounds like a lovely idea! > > On that page, explain a little what these groups are and are not. > They are not separate Apache projects, but are "interest groups" or > "language sections" within the AOO project, concentrating on native > language support, localization, marketing efforts, etc. > > Then have a table listing the languages and the mailing lists. We > could also have links to the website, e.g., de.openoffice.org. If > there are official social media accounts used by that community (a > Facebook page ot Twitter account, for example) we could link to those > as well. > It might be easiest, considering the state we're in with the NL mailing lists right now, to document these on a wiki page, and just link to THAT from the new NL info page you suggest. I've seen messages/setups go by for the new mailing lists, but honestly, I have not been paying close attention. If someone could create this new wiki page, I would happy to create the front-end for it (and figure out how to modify the project menu). Thoughts? > > > > -Rob > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Follow your bliss." -- attributed to Joseph Campbell
