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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Actually, I don't see the point in having Gentoo Wiki pages in other languages |
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> but English at all. Why? Quality of those will vary greatly. |
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> I think such localized versions should be permitted only if they are 'literal' |
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> translation of English version and if we keep all language versions in sync, |
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> but we cannot really ensure this. |
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Well, it is certainly possible to do, but whether we want to do it is |
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something else. |
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If this is to be an "official" wiki then pages should have maintainers |
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to keep an eye on them, much as packages do. That doesn't mean |
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closing off public access - just have somebody keeping an eye on |
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things. I'm fine with that even being a non-dev role, but it should |
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be somebody who actually is active. |
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If that model exists I see no reason we can't do it with other |
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languages - just ensure all pages have a maintainer, and charge them |
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with keeping the pages equivalent to the English page (within reason). |
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You can always audit things and rely on complaints to determine how |
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things are going. |
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If a maintainer drops the ball you handle it the same way a s a |
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package - maintainer-needed and pruning. |
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I think we need to do most of this stuff even if we're English-only - |
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I think the only difference with adding other languages is that it |
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isn't as obvious to everybody if some page is full of obscenities or |
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whatever... |
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