[Groups] What's the rationale for regional group names?

giesbert

I see a big advantage for people, that are not that well in English or that can't describe their problems in English. There already exist some forums in German for Qt, because those people want to talk German (why ever :-)). So that's why the language groups perhaps should talk in native, if they want.
I agree that the disadvantage is, that not all people can follow the discussions, but that's why it's a language / regional group, isn't it? Otherwise they could also talk in the global forum.

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just a side note, in India we have about 850+ languages that are spoken of which, about 23 languages are considered official ... so at present we stick to English here :)

giesbert

Perhaps we should have regional and/or language groups?

stukdev

For me the best way is to have languages groups.

fcrochik

Both "types" of group seem to make sense. You may want a Brazilian/Brazil group for people that live in Brazil and want to share experiences, make "close contact", find job opportunities, ...

But you may also want to have a "Portuguese speaking group" for people that feel more comfortable or can only speak Portuguese. This one would be a good starting point for documents written in Portuguese.

dangelog

Ok, now how comes that I see a "Qt Germany" forum and a "Spanish" one (i.e. Qt + country vs. Language)?

giesbert

I thought it was Qt German? Volker, could you please change that?

giesbert

In fact, it's a Qt German group (I had a look now)

stukdev

Yes and there is italian forum.
[quote author="peppe" date="1292516492"]Ok, now how comes that I see a "Qt Germany" forum and a "Spanish" one (i.e. Qt + country vs. Language)?[/quote]

dangelog

Ok, I think I had a look while renaming was in progress. Nice job, everybody! :-)

goetz

Hm... it was always "Qt German". I did not notice it changed and further changed back...