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

Hi All, as i just saw this thread i wanted to send my oppinions to the web as i'm currently trying to join the german translator group. On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 23:56, Sebastian Picklum wrote: > After re-thinking it for a while, I agree that Friedhelm and Thomas are > right. Someone who is willing to contribute to PHPDOC-XX will find a way > to join the team and to start work. I had seen the CVS-Account form on the page as i looked for such a possibility after reading the doc-HOWTO. But since 10th of June and even an attempt before i got no message that i'll get a account or not, although i'm willing to help and am looking forward to it. Friedhelm and Sebastian told be that translators are needed and welcome so after my request and remailing to the list Rasmus droped me a mail in wich he stated that he is waiting for Hartmuts O.K.as he's responsible for DOC-DE. But nothing happened. I mailed Hartmut a few months ago, as i wanted to join the DOC-DE team. Even then: No reply. Then i waited and waited and after sending a mail to group@php.net i just gave it up. I really do not see any sence in such a bahaviour as i only want to actively contribute to the German Doc-Pages. > > I also see that there is actually a large amount of people who just > apply for an cvs-account to get the prestige of a PHP-Dev/Doc-Guy > (e.g. one doctor of my university's IT-Department was very impressed as > I gave him my @php.net-address - Didn't know that we have such a good > image). well, you may remove this information on the sign-up page and just tell the user he has such a option _after_ the cvs-account request was granted. > > >FIRST contribute to the List, THEN get a cvs-account > This is a very nice idea. But I don't see what translators should > contribute to the list. Doesn't PHPDOC-DE fully rely on PHPDOC? +1 from me, translation of doc-pages differ lot from PHP Coredevelopment > For me, I just read the DOC-DE-List for a while (and of course the > DOC-Howto), then got the cvs-account and at last started to post to > the mailing list. > Or may I understand "first contribute to the List" that s.o. should > ask the List "May I help" and then passes a sort of job-interview > and then gets the cvs-account? (Since I'm not a DEV, I don't know > anything about their CVS-Account-application-process). > > > Viele Grüße > > Sebastian > regards Ali