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Re: loc.eu Curator (was Re: Proposed European events calendar)
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lugnet.loc.eu
Date: 
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:56:48 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.eu, Pedro Silva writes:
In lugnet.loc.eu, Simon Bennett writes:
Do you think the curator should be bilingual?  In what languages would it
help.  It seems to me that the Germans have their own community outside
Lugnet and the big posters to Lugnet are the Italians, the British and the
Dutch, but the Italians don't tend to post outside loc.it much.

I don't think he/she has to be bilingual, since practically everyone uses
English as the standard language here (Lugnet). If the need to make posts in
other languages arises, then I'm sure *someone* can help the curator
translating.

I agree, In Europe we usally skip to English when we have cross border
treads on Lugnet. It is, certainly for the post war generation, the most
universal langue that people know here. I've noticed that some german AFOL's
monitor the news on Lugnet and crosspost to their own forum when they think
it's relevant for them.

I think the idea of making the information appear in all eu loc pages,
though good, would require serious work from Lugnet admins and then Gael and
I (loc.dk doesn't have a curator btw) would need to rewrite our pages to
accomodate it (not necessarily a problem but I'd like to be in control of
where in the sidebar it appears).

Do you think the eu countries without curators would mind this information
(presumably having to be posted in English) on their sidebar?

Speaking for .pt : NO, not at all. After we get the initial "notice", then
we can follow up in our native language. If there is a need to discuss
*outside* .pt, then English is the standard language anyway, so...
I'm confident this logic can be used by other .loc groups, if nothing else
for convenience of everyone.

I think it would be most welcome. Traffic on Lugnet.loc.eu is often low, so
not many people go there as well after they took a visit to their own
national page.

With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (.nl)



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  Re: loc.eu Curator (was Re: Proposed European events calendar)
 
(...) I don't think he/she has to be bilingual, since practically everyone uses English as the standard language here (Lugnet). If the need to make posts in other languages arises, then I'm sure *someone* can help the curator translating. (I know I (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.eu)

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