Hi Drew, *, cc projects, but please reply-to website list to have one single archiving point.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 3:36 AM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 18:56 +0100, Christian Lohmaier wrote: >> [...] >> The test installation is available at: >> http://osqa-test.libreoffice.org >> [...] >> http://osqa-test.libreoffice.org/question/14/how-will-this-site-work-with-different-languages > > In the past, when confronted with a very similar question, I've heard > less then supportive opinions from individuals who say they have > interacted on such sites - but I have never actually been pointed to a > running site that I could evaluate. Maybe you can do so - is there an > example you have found - though it sounds from your email that perhaps > not. ??? What are you talking about? The links to the testing installation were right in the post, and I cannot believe you never stumbled upon stackoverflow or a similar site. But anyway - the test-installation is at http://osqa-test.libreoffice.org > The state of computer translations is getting better, for sure, but from > personal experience it really does depend on the language. ??? And what have computer translations to do with it? Sorry, but I cannot follow you. Either your post misses some parts that you edited out again, or I just don't realize what you're aiming at. > Also > IMO - if we go ahead an run a single site, all languages in the bin, > someone is going to bitch and they are going to bitch loud and long... > given the emphasis we as an organization place on native tongues. Well, all langs are equal, so I don't see the problem. And those who bitch around then just won't get karma/won't use the page. While there surely will be people who complain about the "spam" they cannot understand, I don't think this will be a huge problem. > That is not so much an argument against the idea, rather a statement of > opinion on something that IMO we should be prepared for. Yes - but what are the alternatives? > So - should we or should we not use a single bin for content from > all/any languages? I would not, given what I've seen on the current > osqa (sorry I know the plan is to use a fork of osqa - may I ask why?] > style site. Hmm - why would you not? Initially Alex did set it up as osqa, but then quickly switched to askbot. I wouldn't consider askbot a fork of osqa, but rather its origins are in CNPROG. http://askbot.org/en/question/5/why-askbot?answer=5#5 askbot is nicer code, less features but more stable, faster templating engine,... I don't know for what reason Alex did make the switch, but so far I don't see any problem with the platform. http://askbot.org/en/question/220/whats-the-compelling-reasons-to-user-askbot-over So once again: Why is it that you won't mix it "given what you've seen on the current osqa site" > Is there any plan to integrate on-the-fly translation? No - at least this wasn't brought up yet. But if adding it, it will cost money. But chromium browser has a translate this page feature (that I personally switch off right from the start) > If so, would that drill down to a single question that had replies in > multiple languages? Probably... > anyway - my thoughts for the moment. You wrote that you probably wouldn't use the mixing bowl and throw in all languages into the same system - so what is your counter-proposal/what to do instead? ciao Christian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/projects/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
