[PD] german forum or mailinglist

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I say, if someone wants a German forum, they should start it.  That's  
how the puredata web forum got started, and now it has close to as  
many users as this list (though perhaps less posts).

http://puredata.hurleur.com/

.hc

On Aug 4, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Derek Holzer wrote:

> Of course. All I meant was that answers to newbie questions are  
> usually
> quite useful to other newbies, no matter what language. And yes,  
> someone
> has to maintain it.
>
> best!
> D.
>
> marius schebella wrote:
>> Derek Holzer wrote:
>>> Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> I understand that perhaps some PD users may not speak or write  
>>> English
>>> very well, even if the German-speaking people on this list seem to
>>> write English better than many Americans I have met! ;-) But one
>>> question that comes up for me: would fragmenting the PD knowledge  
>>> base
>>> by language help or hurt?
>>
>> for people starting with pd it would help, it is easier to ask the  
>> first
>> questions in the language you talk best, a lot of the vocabulary  
>> is very
>> specific. other languages also have their own forums and people  
>> are very
>> productive! of course there is not so much traffic as on the english
>> mailing list, but a lot of people feel "at home".
>> but then, someone has to maintain the list/forum...
>> marius.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> best,
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> smilingmolecule wrote:
>>>> hi,
>>>> i was wondering why there is no place like this especially in  
>>>> german
>>>> language.
>>>> there are so many german speaking people here.
>>>>
>>>> i dont know if this was discussed before. what do you think  
>>>> about this?
>>>
>>
>>
>
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