Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [libreoffice-website] Localization page on the site

Þann þri 25.jan 2011 19:54, skrifaði Rimas Kudelis:
> Hi,
>
> 2011.01.25 18:38, David Nelson rašė:
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 00:42, Charles-H. Schulz
> > <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > We are aware of the decision by the Steering Committee,
> > > and are as well
> > > aware of the need for discernment, especially when it's
> > > about long time
> > > localizers who are supposed to know what they are
> > > doing... :-)
> > But, Charles, perhaps that kind of peremptory action of
> > undoing a
> > contributor's work with no attempt whatsoever to discuss
> > the matter in
> > a rational manner should not be encouraged - not even from
> > an SC
> > member, if the project's governance is to have any
> > credibility.
> >
> > Please may I ask that the page be left as I published it,
> > to give
> > others the chance to read the information and appreciate
> > its merits,
> > until the next SC meeting, at which time we could discuss
> > the matter
> > together?
>
> I've just read the current version of
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/localizers/ . It's
> perhaps a bit weird and vague (lots of talk, little info),
> but on the other hand, I think this page targets those who
> only want to become localizers, or maybe even have no idea
> what localization is. For those of us, who already are
> localizers, I think our wiki would be the right place to put
> (technical) info and seek for it.
>
> Disclamer: I haven't seen Sophie's version, so this opinion
> is probably a bit skewed.
>
> Best regards,
> Rimas

Agree with Rimas, maybe it's the layout or the general 
presentation but I'm not sure if the main points get 
through. And the overall language gives me the feeling that 
I got lost on the web; "Wait, is this l10n or what...?".
A bit wague, silky tone that gives the creeps to the kind of 
people I know who are doing l10n work. Maybe it can bring a 
new type of clients...

For example, IMHO the "Only in marketing..." paragraph is 
either displaced or simply unnecessary in this context. And 
maybe the tools mentioned in the second paragraph should be 
emphasized by presenting them in a table along with a bit 
more info.

But I think David may have a point; this page is a sort of a 
broad overview on reasons and general structure of 
localisation. And there should be another page (the wiki 
intro http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Category:L10n ?) 
which should be more of a howto.

Still I think it needs more "What can you do ?" kind of 
approach.

Disclamer #1: I haven't seen Sophie's version, so this 
opinion is only about the page as-is-now.
Disclamer #2: I'm not a native english speaker, so there may 
be subtilities in the text I simply don't get.

Best regards,
Sveinn í Felli


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