I know that a mailing list in either Dutch or French (or German) is not a solution. But by starting with a message in English, one also immediately excludes all people that speak only French or Dutch or German. A solution is that we would all be fluent in French, Dutch and German and do not have to rely on another language. But that's unlikely.
As you wrote, it's difficult to solve, as I think that using English is not meeting half-way for all people. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Glenn Plas <gl...@byte-consult.be> wrote: > On 06/25/2013 07:12 AM, Marc Gemis wrote: > > It's not just this mailing list. Go to openstreetmap.org and try to find > a page in Dutch (for the Belgian community -- besides how to map a). Or > even try to subscribe to this mailing list without any knowledge of > English. > I'm thinking of a whole category of retired people, that love to walk, > bike, ..., but never had the opportunity to learn English (e.g. my father). > You'll never reach them. > Compare this with wikipedia, where you have a language switch on the front > page, the first step is already smaller. > > > But if we all start talking dutch or french we'll miss out on the other > half of Belgium, I think it's only fair to meet halfway. Personally, I'm a > favourite of using all three languages on this list, and whoever responds > does that in the language he chooses. I have no problem with that, after > all, it's only a reflection of what Belgium is. > > It's a difficult problem to solve. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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