Re: [Debconf-team] Magazine Ad is ready!

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Leandro Gómez <leo.telsen@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>wrote:
>
> > Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> >
> > > Leandro Gómez <leo.telsen@gmail.com> writes:
> > > > OTOH, I think "Banja Luka, in Republika Sprska, Bosnia and
> > > > Herzegovina" is correct. There shouldn't be any parenthesis.
> >
> > Is there another, also correct, formulation that doesn't have all
> > those commas, “and”, “in”, and so on?
> >
> Thank you everybody for your input (and Hector for the logos)! A
> proposed final draft is up at
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21510751/dc11_ad3_F.png

So the above concern wasn't addressed. In English (perhaps in other
languages?) the sentence is very ambiguous about where the DebConf is
happening.

Presumably the intent is to convey that the DebConf is happening in
exactly one country. But the sentence gives the strong impression that
it's happening in multiple different places.

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Ben Finney