[Groups] What's the rationale for regional group names?
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Or, are there any guidelines about that? :)
The point is, why some groups are called "Qt Russia", "Qt Brazil", etc. (i.e., Qt CountryName) and others "Qt German", "Qt Italian", etc.? Should there be both country-specific groups and language-specific groups or what?
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I can only speak for "Qt German". The rationale was, that "Qt Germany" would have been obviously limited to Germany as a country. I did not want to exclude the Austrian and Swiss community, as Thus I decided to go for the language name. I think that's a bit special for the mostly German speaking regions in Europe (aka "D-A-CH":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-A-CH).
BTW: The group names can be changed by the owners.
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[quote author="Volker" date="1292456734"]I can only speak for "Qt German". The rationale was, that "Qt Germany" would have been obviously limited to Germany as a country. I did not want to exclude the Austrian and Swiss community, as Thus I decided to go for the language name. I think that's a bit special for the mostly German speaking regions in Europe (aka "D-A-CH":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-A-CH).
[/quote]That falls into the "language-specific" group name I talked about, which makes sense. But does that imply that "Qt Russia" is limited to Russia and does not include all "Russian-speaking countries":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language ? I don't think so, that why I asked for a policy. If we decide that it must be chosen on a case by case basis it's perfectly fine with me :-)
[quote]BTW: The group names can be changed by the owners.[/quote]
Good to know :)
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Hi,
my personal opinion is that language groups would be better than country groups, as then you can just use the groups, you speak the language and talk there in native language. Especially, if you have a wiki there, where you want translated pages in :-) -
[quote author="Gerolf Reinwardt" date="1292487001"]Hi,
my personal opinion is that language groups would be better than country groups, as then you can just use the groups, you speak the language and talk there in native language. Especially, if you have a wiki there, where you want translated pages in :-)[/quote]I agree.
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[quote author="Gerolf Reinwardt" date="1292487001"]Hi,
my personal opinion is that language groups would be better than country groups, as then you can just use the groups, you speak the language and talk there in native language. Especially, if you have a wiki there, where you want translated pages in :-)[/quote]I agree we should share the content (and forums) written in the same language. Another option is to keep the groups per country, but share forums and wikis between them (it's possible AFAIK)
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[UPDATED: Confusion on my end between writing and thinking]
Yes, the idea was to name the forums according to languages. I went back and forth with myself on the matter yesterday and I came to the conclusion, that it probably makes most sense that way.
So forums for Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian etc.
For the groups, I prefer to keep them regional. It will make it easier mid-term to meet group members in person if they are at least in somewhat the same area. I know, all is relative if one looks at Russia or China or Brazil, but it's a start. :-P
What do you people think?
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Sorry Alexandra, i don't understand if i have to request rename or you (or admin) rename the group with this 'standard'.
[quote author="Alexandra Leisse" date="1292504805"]Yes, the idea was to name the groups according to languages. I went back and forth with myself on the matter yesterday and I came to the conclusion, that it probably makes most sense that way.
Qt Italian, Qt Spanish, Qt Portuguese, Qt German, Qt Russian etc.
That said: I will look through the groups we have and might rename some accordingly. I already saw some requests flowing in.[/quote]
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[quote author="stuk" date="1292505017"]Sorry Alexandra, i don't understand if i have to request rename or you (or admin) rename the group with this 'standard'.[/quote]
See above, I was confused.
For renaming, you can request it or I can change it myself. It will end up in my queue for manual work anyway. :)
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But if we create the groups locally and the forums by language, then a Qt Switzerland group needs 3 forums... (German, French and Italian). I think, it would be better to make the groups by language and perhaps subgroups in the specific forums for the countries, if that is wished.But which group should I join for the German forum, Austria, Germany or Switzerland?
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[quote author="Gerolf Reinwardt" date="1292505984"]But if we create the groups locally and the forums by language, then a Qt Switzerland group needs 3 forums... (German, French and Italian). I think, it would be better to make the groups by language and perhaps subgroups in the specific forums for the countries, if that is wished.But which group should I join for the German forum, Austria, Germany or Switzerland?[/quote]
I don't think that forums and groups must have a hierarchial structure: the same German forum can be used by the Germany, Switzerland, Austria groups and so on. This allows you to join (for instance) the "Austria" group and the "German" forum/wiki at the same time.
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[quote author="peppe" date="1292508936"]
I don't think that forums and groups must have a hierarchial structure: the same German forum can be used by the Germany, Switzerland, Austria groups and so on. This allows you to join (for instance) the "Austria" group and the "German" forum/wiki at the same time.[/quote]Precisely. That was the idea. Or rather: the groups will share a forum where it makes sense; Qt Latin America and Qt Spain for example. I know that it can become a minefield but I have high hopes that you people are pragmatic.