[Qgis-user] add new spanish-speaking list ?

Yves Jacolin (free) yjacolin at free.fr
Thu Sep 20 03:21:39 PDT 2012


Hello,

I agree with you Germán. That's why we have some forum/ML in french 
langage: GeoRezo (see http://georezo.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=37) and 
Forumsig are the main one.

Y.
PS : I am one of the contributor of GeoRezo portal.

Le 20/09/2012 12:14, Germán Carrillo a écrit :
>> [...] Virtually anybody working/learning GIS understands English [...]
>
> They might understand technical terms (layer, vector, spatial
> selection, etc.) for sure, but not English.
>
> Once a regular user from Latin America wants to ask a question
> involving a use case or a simple description of an issue, problems may
> arise. We have seen it already, the issue is not described properly,
> and therefore, nobody in the mailing list can actually help, even if
> they are willing to.
>
> Regards,
>
> Germán
>
>
> 2012/9/20, leyan ouyang <ouyang.leyan at hotmail.com>:
>>
>> That everyone speaks English a very broad assumption, and one which does not
>> hold true in China at least ... The lack of internationalization (interface,
>> documentation, community) is one of the major obstacles for my QGis
>> proselytism here.
>>
>> Additionally, having separate lists will not take you more time, you just
>> have to subscribe to both and it is the same for you.
>>
>> Anyway, I support the creation of the list ! I may even join to try to
>> freshen up my Spanish ;)
>>
>> Leyan
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:23:59 +0200
>>> From: alobolistas at gmail.com
>>> To: carrillo.german at gmail.com
>>> CC: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] add new spanish-speaking list ?
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>> I do not think this is a good idea. Virtually anybody working/learning
>>> GIS understands English
>>> and there are many advantages on keeping one single list, as the most
>>> difficult is to find time
>>> to answer questions. And there is the added value of exchanging
>>> opinions and ideas worldwide.
>>> Obviously this is not an obstacle for people wanting a separate list to do
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Agus
>>>
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>
>


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Yves Jacolin



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