[brainstorming] strengthening KDE's global communities

[Emir SARI]

Hello,

> Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss <joseph at kde.org> şunları yazdı (11 Ara 2023 17:13):
> 
> I will use "Global Communities" as an umbrella term, and in some cases these communities may be language-based, in others geography-based. I am aware there are politics involved in this discussion, and maybe my oversimplification here is problematic. Nonetheless, I will take a risk and open it up for discussion.

Language based teams should be very welcome. It would also help languages, that belong to similar language families see how their languages are used and see differences/common points etc.

Speaking for my language, Turkish, there are other Turkic languages, that are active, dormant, and some with no activity at all. I’d love to gather together at some place where we can exchange ideas and make plans.

> This work is very much in the "ideas/critiques welcome" stage, which is why I am writing here now. I would love to have your input; see below for some general questions but feel free to add your own.
> 
> If this idea has legs, I will eventually post to Discuss/kde-community ML for wider discussion, but want to consult stakeholders first before doing so.
> 
> _Background_
> 
> I am thinking specifically of the following 4 categories which are relevant for KDE's Global Communities:
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> - (i) translation teams (e.g., Spanish: https://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=es)
> - (ii) websites or blogs (e.g., KDE Italia: https://kdeitalia.it/)

Speaking of blogs, it would be great to link these blogs to the respective language forums at Discuss. I have an open ticket for this[1]. Personally, it’d help me a lot to know, that should there be a place to discuss on things/news/ideas, it would help flourish the communities. Sometimes it kills my drive to write new stuff, knowing that there is no place where people could easily give feedback or contribute ideas.

> For more examples, please see the following wiki (note: I plan to change this page to be called "Global Communities, since it is not only about local communities):
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>  https://community.kde.org/Local_Communities

I’ve added some missing details for Turkish.

> * What am I getting wrong here? Constructive criticism is very welcome. I am certain I have blind spots.

I think this plan lacks a roadmap for “how can we attract more people from under-represented (i.e . not attended, not contributed) language communities. But for the existing communities, it should work great. I recognise that it’s hard to attract people.

> * My impression is that translation teams in particular are a success story for KDE. Why do you think translation work has been so successful? Can some of that be 'translated' to other aspects of global community work?

Maybe not a perfect success story, but it can be greatly improved. Currently there is great support for most European languages, but other significant languages like (no particular order) Arabic, Chinese languages, Hindi languages, African languages, South Asian languages, Japanese etc. are not so particularly complete or lacks by all means. Adding up these equals billions of potential people to reach.

Best regards,
Emir (𐰽𐰺𐰍)

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[1] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475749