[tor-bugs] #25755 [Community/Outreach]: Choose name for new mailing list tor-lang-es

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#25755: Choose name for new mailing list tor-lang-es
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 Reporter:  ilv                 |          Owner:  alison
     Type:  defect              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium              |      Milestone:
Component:  Community/Outreach  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal              |     Resolution:
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Comment (by ilv):

 Replying to [comment:3 arma]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 ilv]:
 > > I'd like to give some time to discuss the possible name with whomever
 is interested.
 >
 > Sounds great. In that case I'm moving this ticket out of the "please
 make this mailing list" component, so poor qbi doesn't go mad trying to
 figure out which tickets are asking for a list and which tickets aren't
 yet asking for a list. :)
 >
 > > tor-lang-es
 > > tor-spanish (this way we'd avoid possible conflicts for future lists
 such as tor-pt)
 >
 > Out of these two, I would pick the first one. Calling it "spanish" is
 just asking for people to get offended that you didn't want to use their
 own language's word for the language. :)
 >
 > Speaking of language-specific names: what is the intended scope of the
 list? Is it for users? Developers? Journalists? Every possible thing in
 one list so long as the people want to write in español? I ask because if
 it's a general talk list, another option could be tor-talk-es. That name
 might have some baggage because of how many Internet cranks we have
 attracted to tor-talk (which in a sense served its purpose, to keep them
 away from the other more productive lists). But if you have people trying
 to propose bugfixes in español, and users trying to ask usage questions in
 español, and people discussing Facebook's privacy policies in español, all
 on this one list, did you succeed or fail?

 In this case we succeed. The idea is to have a general discussion, in the
 sense of having a space for coordinating efforts, asks questions, announce
 events, etc. The purpose of this is to empower new communities, and for
 that matter I think it would be good to start all together. We could split
 once we have a solid/loud community for a specific language (could be
 years, could be never). I don't think tor-talk-es would be good for this
 because it would merely replicate the current model, and because of its
 current reputation :)

 >
 > > tor-espanol (this could be easier to understand for locals)
 >
 > My only concern here would be what happens when we want to create a tor-
 فارسی list, and whether email tools et al could handle such a thing.

 Good point. I think we should go with tor-lang-es and then see what
 happens.

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