[OSM-talk] French user group

[Nick Black]

>From the perspective of the London List, I think you should start the
French one.  I estimate that there are less than 100 active members on
the list and wiki, prob closer to 50.  Yet there are 2,700 registered
members.  Who mapped St Petersberg?  No-one knows - but it didnt map
itself.  Given that French is a major worldwide language, starting a
French speaking list would be a significnat contribution to the
project.

Go for it.  If you have a French mapping weekend - I'm there!

Nick

On 8/22/06, tgomas <tgomas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Le 22/08/06, Thomas Walraet<thomas at walraet.com> a écrit :
> > This is a message to know the number of people on this list interested
> > in launching a french-speaking list. (to organise mapping week-end in
> > France or Belgium for instance)
> >
>
>
> Why not? If the french community has enough activity on the project it
> may be interesting.
> But since whe are only 5 french users referenced on the wiki I think
> it is probably prematurate to have a french-speaking list.
>
> It is always the same problem than for the wiki. is it better to wait
> to have a more advanced project before starting internationalisation
> or is it better to start internationalisation now to have more people
> involved?
>
> --
> tGomas
>
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