Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: Addition of a blog in TDF planet

Hello Marc,

Le Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:24:09 -0500,
Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> a écrit :

> Le 2012-12-05 04:18, Jean-Baptiste Faure a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > Le 03/12/2012 18:49, Marc Paré a écrit :
> > > [...]
> > > Thanks for all of these suggestions. Here is an additional
> > > suggestion that I would add:
> > >
> > > 5- Have an official TDF planet for official communication,
> >
> > I understand what is an official TDF _blog_ for official
> > communication, but an "official planet", what is it ?
> >
> > Best regards.
> > JBF
>
> My suggestions is that http://planet.documentfoundation.org/ would
> now be the official planet with the nl planets showing in the right
> margin. Or as Cedric suggested on the FR list, a setup such as the
> Opensouse site would also work[1], The links at the top would show
> the different nl planets and NOT the blogs.
>
> However, I do have some comments about the effectiveness of that site 
> which I explained on the FR discuss list. In particular, if we were
> to follow such a model, I would suggest:
>
> * links at the top would be nl planets
> * link names would all be localised
> * there would be a link to the EN planet
> * all articles showing on the landing page would be those of official 
> TDF/LibreOffice news (no EN blogs other than an Official TDF blog
> would show on this landing page)
>
> Ultimately offer the following feature:
>
> * offer registrations offering members the option of picking
> favourites (nl planets), permitting them to see only the planets of
> their choice once logged in (allow members to be logged in over an
> extended 7 days to promote regular visits to the site)
>
> * IMO, we should eventually work towards a "one TDF login does all"
> for all of our sites. This will allow us another metric for marketing 
> purposes -- even better as these members would be more engaged
> members.
>
> IMO, and this comment is what I find after having joined the
> community 2 years ago, we should really move away from the EN
> language being considered the ALL voice. I agree totally with the
> idea of having EN as the "lingua franca" of communication with the
> project (and for contributor groups), BUT, what has happened is the
> decimation of the EN community. There is no real nl-EN work being
> produced by nl-EN members. The overall impression from EN members is
> that they do not have their own space and that everyone considers
> anything EN tantamount to an official statement from the project.
>
> We need to re-introduce the EN community wherever we can. In doing
> so, this will send a clear message to the nl groups that there is no 
> language of greater importance and that they can produce 
> first-run/first-thought-of ideas in their own communities. If the EN 
> community is interested in communicating this to ther members, then
> they can easily translate these and post them through their own nl-EN
> channels.

A big +1 to your comments!


Thanks,

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