I respect your ideas. But to tell you truly, India is so diverse that you end up with at least 15 languages on the website which is quite a challenging task. But most of us understand English. So the main site should be in english where the LoCo translation teams can localise it.
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Ravi Kumar <ra2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Pratul Kalia <pratulka...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hmm. We already have the mediawiki system running fine, wouldn't do us >> very good to migrate all of that to a custom Django app, unless there >> was a *strong* reason. >> >> >> -- >> dum vivimus, vivamus >> pratul == lut4rp >> http://pratul.in >> >> > Wiki platform are nice, but only for wiki. Yes, we can create anything from > it, but again it needs some hacks, added effort and getting off the straight > road. So, I would not choose a Wiki platform for a full-fledged site with a > part as wiki. But again I would say (as I earlier stated), this should not > be a good time to decide over the platform. We should plan something before > start digging in. > > Ubuntu-In should not be just a wiki. It should be a Custom site, a forum, a > wiki, a CMS and more. > > What I think about Ubuntu-India, not a site about Ubuntu, but a site more > geared towards the Ubuntu and its > usage/development/helps/articles/presentations/news around users in India. > You can also put it in some professional attire, so that people/businesses > in India can take Ubuntu seriously. > > Why we should go for professional look and content: > Lets realise it. Everyone moved from simple to little more professional, > and usable, more informative and content rich. Like Fedora, SuSE, Ubuntu > official etc. > > So, I will suggest a base framework, with some initial features/apps > developed on it. Then, gradually we can add more and more apps to it. > Later, it will grow with apps, contents and media. We can all put our > effort, don't we? Everyone can contribute, no matter how and what they > contribute. We can have multi languages for tutorials and articles. > Look at Ubuntu France, its totally in french. Why not our loco site in > indian language other than official english.French site has their own > Planet, Documentation and forum. > Again, look at Ubuntu Spain. They too got documentation, forum, blogs etc. > > > There are so many people in India involved-or-using Ubuntu than most other > countries. Many of them will volunteer forward to create some difference. Am > I wrong? Where else can we get such large community and team. > > How many people here thinks the same? Please reply, support my view. > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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