On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Rajko <rmatov101@charter.net> wrote:
English is common as a foreign language, so it is not surprise to direct people to en wiki at first, with options on the main page to choose another.
Yes, but now we've already had an en wiki can do that( through inter-wiki links, its the same effects as you said, "with options"), and locale wikis for those who doesn't speak English at all to feel at home. It seems to be the standard way since wikipedia does so. This topic has been discussed several days, so I almost forget its original purpose, but as I think, it is to use KDE wiki technology to replace our current one. But that will remove the current feature that you have the choice to view English or not without having to click here and there. Technically, we can create a page that like zh.opensuse.org/SDB:添加软件源 which can be searched using Chinese instead of English. which is much more user friendly. The KDE way aims to be user friendly, but that user experience has to be achieved only in the un-friendly way.
That two examples are typical topics that don't need translation, but almost all other technical stuff can be translated in any direction, where any means any language to any language.
Yes, but that actually is the l10n/i18n means, to give locale users space to talk/fit their specific needs. Translation doesn't mean internationalization. Actually if you have to discuss Chinese on a English forum, most of the people have only one choice, go away. because that requires you at least know the meaning of basic English words like "register", "login", "accept", "email address", "password". Many Chinese in Jim's age(Jim is our forums' global moderator) don't know any single English words except "ok" and "no" which was taught during Beijing Olympics. If we are setting up a new wiki or someone said our server is not overwhelmed thus locale wikis have to sacrifice, I'll be okay about that. But I can't be okay about just "change" for "change" because current one is better then the option they provide. Marguerite -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+owner@opensuse.org