Fedora i18n coordination

[Patrick Barnes]

Yoshihiro Totaka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since this list is not listed in
> http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/communicate/
It is now. :-)
> and fedoraproject.org doesn't support localised web browsers
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170892
I don't see how this is specifically related to this matter.
> people finding this list is, I believe, slim.
> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-i18n-list may be more
> appropriate.
This list has a different scope, and serves a slightly different role in
i18n.  It is more appropriate for coordinating international website
development.
>
> I believe what we really need to focus now is i18nize a way to
> participate in fedora and let fedora's message reach everyone in this
> world. To achieve this, we need ambassadors who can be contacted by
> local community and set up i18ned news.fedoraproject.org. (I believe
> news.fedoraproject.org really needs to be build with i18n in mind.)
> English guide of joining fedora is already very confusing, i18nizing
> this will be hard. We need to make this part of information
> modularized and separate from each project. I believe this also helps
> English speaking people find out joining information more easily as well.
While i18n can be summarized as a single goal across many projects,
these are smaller projects that must be tackled individually.  While we
build an international community of Ambassadors, we also need to provide
consistent material and a uniform message through community websites. 
That is one of the primary goals in this list.  As we move forward,
these many important aspects of i18n will be dealt with, but we can't
get hung up on each one due to the desire to work on the others.
>
> Setting up information of fedora information for local community
> should be handled by local community web site. There are materials in
> fedoraproject.org usefull for local community, but not all of them are
> necessary. Local people know where informations are, and they are much
> better at building local web sites.
>
> -Yoshihior
>
We should only compartmentalize as needed.  We need to keep our focus on
providing everything we can through formal websites, relying on local
websites to provide only the local information that the formal sites
cannot.  We must work with the community to present a united front,
bringing a consistent message and appearance to the best of our
abilities.  Avoiding duplication and confusion are important, and
scattering information about needlessly can create problems.  That is
the point here: coordination and focus.

-- 
Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes
nman64 at n-man.com

www.n-man.com
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