[Wiki-dev] Non-English Pages

[Bill Traynor]

Tim Bird wrote:
> Sorry - forgot to CC wiki-dev in the reply.
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> Tim Bird wrote:
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>> Bill Traynor wrote:
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>>> David Anders wrote:
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>>>> i'm thinking we may need to set a policy on non-english pages. we have 
>>>> a number of companies creating(more or less) business/sales pages for 
>>>> their boards on the wiki:
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>>>> http://www.elinux.org/EGS3530
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>>>> thoughts?
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>>> Well, given the large quantity of Japanese embedded linux hackers, I'm a 
>>> little worried about alienating them.  However, I completely agree that 
>>> business/sales pages are not in line with the content we currently have 
>>> (or want).
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>> I know that the Japanese CELF members use the elinux wiki for regional
>> jamboree planning, and this is done in Japanese.  I have encouraged
>> this type of use.  I think a blanket English-only policy would not
>> be good.
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So perhaps for the time being we can just leave the situation as it is.  
The number of foreign language pages so far isn't really substantial.  
But I will look into ways to police this going forward, as well as ways 
to (at the very least) organize foreign language pages somehow.
>> However, I would support some limitations on content.  Pure sales and
>> marketing pages are not acceptable.  Unfortunately, we can't police
>> this very easily in other languages.
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>> In the case of the page listed above, I think the page is OK.  It
>> is for a Chinese BeagleBoard clone, and there's a link to it from
>> the main BeagleBoard area.  Without knowing Chinese, it seems legit
>> and not overtly advertising (at least it has some specs on it and
>> is not just "brochure-ware".
>>  -- Tim
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>> Tim Bird
>> Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum
>> Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
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