Re: License for documentation (here: Supporting the translation team)

Hi everybody! >> Translotors are always needed and very welcome! << Sure, but why do we make it so hard for everybody to join us? Nearly nobody discovers the page with the CVS-account-request-form (http://www.php.net/cvs-php.php: I sent the link to Ali... not sure if he would have discovered the page on his own). And even if someone gets there, he/she might be "afraid to ask" for an account ("You DO NOT need..."). Why don't we make it easier to join (e.g. create an own application form just for translators: "You know XML? You speak English? - Help us translating the manual"). IMO the current form is no invitation to join: It's a "kneel down and beg for an account". I understand that too many account requests are a problem, but if nobody applies, who should then translate the manual? Viele Grüße Sebastian -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: friedhelm betz [mailto:holliwell@gmx.net] Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Juni 2003 18:56 An: doc-de@lists.php.net Betreff: Fwd: Re: [DOC-DE] Re: License for documentation --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:48:39 +0200 (MEST) From: friedhelm betz <holliwell@gmx.net> To: Ali <ali@evilphp.com> Subject: Re: [DOC-DE] Re: License for documentation > Hi , > > > [...] > > > Anyway, contributing to the German trans is always welcome. > > > > Reading the last line, i got remembered to my invane attempts to join > the > > german-translator team. > > > > I think i mailed twice to groups@php.net and more than that to doc-de > and > > especially to the 'leader' of the translation-team Hartmut Holzgraefe. > > > > I didn't even get an email which would say, that i'm not welcome. Simply > > no > > answer by mailing alsmost spam-like. > > > > I then (after 3 trys i think), just stoppped mailing those people, as i > > didn't > > want to get on their nerves and obviously there is no need of any more > > translators. > > > > I would appreaciate any comment upon this > > As said, _any_ help is welcome, really. Regarding Hartmut, he seems to be > quite busy:-) > I apologize, if you got no answer, so please write once again to > doc-de@lists.php.net and I can promise you will get an answer. > Translotors are always needed and very welcome! > > Friedhelm > > p.s.: I saw your cvs account request arrived 10 Juni 2003 (today). Please > be > a bit patient, it may take some time for people groups@php.net to fullfill > your request. > > -- > -- -- -- Friedhelm Betz