[Marketing] Re: Pitch: Sharing success of Fedora translation sprint with readers

On 16 April 2016 at 02:31, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 12:28:04AM +0530, pravin.d.s(a)gmail.com
> wrote:
>  > On 13 April 2016 at 18:37, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 03:44:04PM -0400, Justin W. Flory wrote:
>  > > > On 04/12/2016 01:20 AM, pravin.d.s(a)gmail.com wrote:
>  > > > >Hi All,
>  > > > >
>  > > > >   We had fantastic translation sprint from 1st to 5th April.
>  Overall
>  > > > >50+ participants in sprint with 18 language and number of packages
>  with
>  > > > >around 20000 words translated.
>  > > > >
>  > > > >    I think it will be good to share this to Magazine readers. One
>  idea
>  > > > >i specifically wanted to push with is translation is low barrier and
>  > > > >good chance for users to get converted into contributor for there
>  own
>  > > > >language.
>  > > > >
>  > > > >     Any opinions?
>  > > > >
>  > > > >Thanks,
>  > > > >Pravin
>  > > > >
>  > > >
>  > > > Hi Pravin,
>  > > >
>  > > > We briefly discussed this pitch in the CommOps meeting when we were
>  > > talking
>  > > > about the vFAD in general. Seems like you and I had the same idea. :)
>  > > >
>  > > > I was thinking whether it would be better to publish this on the
>  > > Community
>  > > > Blog or the Magazine, but I think doing an update to our community of
>  > > > readers about the translation status of Fedora 24 is a good idea. I
>  > > think it
>  > > > will match up with our target audience on the Magazine.
>  > > >
>  > > > I'm inclined to think Ryan and Paul would also agree that this is a
>  good
>  > > > article for the Magazine, so I am going to say you are all clear to
>  begin
>  > > > working on the draft for this article! Once you have more progress
>  and
>  > > the
>  > > > article is ready for review, please follow up on this list with a
>  link to
>  > > > your draft.
>  > > >
>  > > > Looking forward to reading more about this! :)
>  > >
>  > > I would like to see such an article in the Magazine focus instead on
>  > > the process of becoming involved as a translator, or how to use the
>  > > translation tools to contribute.
>  > >
>  > > Tools that explain team progress are less interesting to our end-user
>  > > audience than concrete tips or how-to articles.
>  > >
>  >
>  > After preparing it, i am more inclined regarding what you both suggested.
>  > Draft is ready at GDocs [1]  Still let me know where to push it Magazine
>  or
>  > CommBlog ;)
>  >
>  > -
>  > Pravin
>  >
>  >
>  > 1.
>  >
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RlnzSz6usbjc5MviQrDpvxeIYL76KTnkVnsMC...
>
>  I think it would work great on the Community Blog.
>  
Thank you for quick review. I will create article in CommBlog soon :)

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Pravin