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"Step up, or shut up"

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Sat, 08/28/2010 - 16:00 — jmeeuwen

I've always been a fan of the "step up or shut up" line of thought... it Gets Shit Done(TM). Hence, please allow me to share the following conversation over IRC, with a very good friend of mine (Martijn):

Martijn: "I feel like Fedora Project's home page has been translated through Google translate or something"

I: "To Dutch, you mean?"
I: "Step up or shut up"

Martijn: "Yeah, good point. Where can I contribute?"

I: "fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join or join.fedoraproject.org oder so etwas"

Martijn: "Alright... apparently it's been translated by Google translate:"
Martijn (quoting): "Make sure all webpages are translated for the F13 release."
Martijn (quoting): "Team: Nobody yet! Please help!"
Martijn (quoting): "(We aren't actually worrying about this until the end of July, but if you are interested in picking this up and keeping us from panicking then, that would be awesome. Please email the list if you are keen on this, and someone will respond to you.)"

Case closed.

Comments

Sat, 08/28/2010 - 20:17 — bogus

You're absolutely right

I'm a huge fan of the "get up or shut up" line of thought myself, hence all the volunteer work I do, but even I sometimes need a reminder ;-)

Here's step 1:
Welcome to the websites@lists.fedoraproject.org mailing list! Welcome
to the Fedora Websites mailing list! We're glad to have you join our
team!

Sat, 08/28/2010 - 20:19 — bogus

Step 2

And here's step 2, a mail to websites [etje] lists.fedoraproject.org

 

Hello all,

My first post to the list. Better make it count. After I stumbled upon the dutch version of the fedora main-page at http://fedoraproject.org/nl/ I raised an eyebrow. Below I'll post a translation suggestion to update the dutch version of the mainpage.

http://fedoraproject.org/nl/
Fedora 13: Rock it!
Fedora 13

Wat is er nieuw in Fedora 13? Lees de release-informatie. >>

Fedora is een op Linux gebaseerd besturingssysteem dat het laatste in vrije en open source software naar voren wil brengen. Fedora is altijd vrij voor iedereen om te gebruiken, aan te passen en te distribueren. Het wordt wereldwijd ontwikkeld door een grote groep mensen die als een team samenwerken: het Fedora Project. Het Fedora Project is open en iedereen is welkom om eraan deel te nemen.

Het Fedora Project is er voor jou: leidend in de innovatie van vrije, open software en inhoud.

Kom meer te weten. >>

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Greetings,

Martijn Vetketel
-bogus