[Ambassadors] release announcement idea [RFC]

[Francesco Ugolini]

Greg Dekoenigsberg ha scritto:
> 
> +1 to Karsten's idea.
> 
> The key: getting the talking points right.  Karsten, will you be leading
> us in this effort?  :)
> 
> --g
> 
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Karsten Wade wrote:
> 
>> Last release we had an idea that I'm proposing we try for Fedora 7.  For
>> reasons that should be obvious as you read, the Ambassadors seem to be a
>> natural group to do this.  Perhaps in coordination/collaboration with
>> Fedora Translation/L10n contributors?
>>
>> The basic idea is to distribute to countries/regions a list of "talking
>> points".  Talking points are specific items we want to see covered in
>> any release announcement.  Then each region/language can choose to i)
>> form a small team, and ii) collaborate to write a truly localized
>> release announcement.
>>
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/ReleaseAnnouncements#Process
>>
>> Background
>> ----------
>>
>> In the past, the announcement introduction has been written in English
>> in a semi-humorous way.  To understand it, you had to know specific
>> cultural references.  This made them fairly impossible to translate (or
>> transliterate).  Or even understand, period.
>>
>> This new method would rely entirely upon the local groups to collaborate
>> on an announcement, then distribute it within their region as a formal
>> Fedora release announcement.  One place to start is fedora-announce.
>>
>> How many different language announcements can we get on fedora-announce
>> for Fedora 7?
>>
>> One concern that is that a release announcement is a very big chance to
>> start misinformation about Fedora.  For example, an announcement may be
>> written in a language not read by most of the Fedora leadership, and the
>> authors accidentally choose terms or phrasing that reflect negatively on
>> Fedora.  The quality of the writing or grammar also reflects on Fedora.
>>
>> To lower this risk, it seems like a good idea to have the release
>> announcement draft due for review by the final test (usually test3,
>> occasionally test4).  Every draft announcement then needs an independent
>> review by a reader of that language.
>>
>> I'm sure that this has been done informally in various countries.  This
>> idea is to formalize the process, recognize the people involved with the
>> honor of speaking LOUDLY for Fedora, and make an ever bigger impact with
>> this next release.
>>
>> - Karsten
>>
> 

+1 too

Francesco Ugolini

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