[tor-project] Localized mailing lists

[George]

Shari Steele:
> I also love this idea!
> Shari

reordering inline posting below...

> 
>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 7:26 AM, Alison Macrina <alison at torproject.org> wrote:
>>
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>> I think this is a great idea y espero poder hablar español contigo!
>> Thanks for the proposal Isra.
>>
>> I think Isa is right that the global-south list should remain as it is
>> and Isra's ES-lang list is the right place for this new initiative.

There's a few questions embedded in this proposal.

First, we have to differentiate between language- and region-based
lists, with regions being defined by geography and language.

As someone who has spawned more dead-on-arrival lists than most, I'm
apprehensive about two things:

1. creating lists for a perceived gap which ultimately die

2. creating lists that siphon off discussion from existing lists

In terms of languages, I don't know enough about the critical mass, but
I would assume there is more than enough of a base for an ES list, at
the very minimum. And PT_BR is obviously another solid option.

The problems become a proliferation of lists that someone, say, who is
an ES speaker *should* sub to. Now it's @global-south, plus the ES list,
but then what about the regional question.

Then the regional lists which should also be set with the respective
language. But the regional list would likely be less of a Tor usage
discussion than an organizing list, I'd guess.

Language lists are primarily meant to provide a channel for non-English
speakers, to state the obvious.

I'm thinking very much out loud here. I worry about a proliferation of
lists which take away from the main channels for discussion.

I'm supportive of creating new language and/or regional lists, the
relevant people from those groups need to consider the utility in terms
of audience and purpose.  Think technical discussion versus organizing.
If there's an ES list, it should likely be software-focused, since it's
the language issue that's being approached. It can assist ES-speakers in
LATAM, EU and beyond. But a regional list (which should be designated
with the respective language) is more likely an organizing tool.

An ES list that goes into the organizing specifics of a local event in
LATAM will only make ES speakers not from the region yawn.

Sorry if I seem to be dancing around the issue here. I think
articulating "for whom" and "about what" for a list is vital. Dead lists
help no one, and lists that just put more on the plate of a few Tor
people need to be avoided.

Maybe it makes sense to start with an ES list and see how it goes?

Mailing lists are often chicken-and-egg problems... if you don't have
the list, you don't recognize there's an audience.

>>
>> On 04/06/2018 07:10 AM, Vasilis wrote:
>>> Since the global-south name is horrible and we have never gone into
>>> the process of changing I guess it will make sense to rename the
>>> list (and the IRC channe) and then announce it to the world as the
>>> LATAM Tor mailing list?
>> I agree that the name "global-south" is suboptimal, but we've had
>> multiple conversations about this (I think you've been there for at
>> least a couple of them), most recently discussions in Rome, where the
>> rough consensus was that the name is problematic but less problematic
>> than other choices and there isn't a better option that's widely
>> recognized. So it's not exactly true that no one has gone into the
>> process of changing it...it's been discussed in every meeting I've
>> been in related to global south initiatives.


Am I incorrect to think that @global-south list is really LATAM anyways?

We should probably move towards a LATAM list to replace @global-south.
It *seems* to be what the list is in practice.  And maybe sticking to
some combination of language- and region-specific lists is the right
direction.

g


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