Patch for consultants/info [Was: Re: Consultants list: new tag "contact" to provide a spam-free contact method]
Hi,
Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue 26 Feb 2013 at 15:42:06 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > http://www.debian.org/consultants/info.en.html
> > contains:
> > If you wish to be added to the list of consultants, please mail any of
> > the following information in English to consultants@debian.org:
> >
> > Name
> > Company
> > Address
> > ...
> >
> > As a non-native english speaker I want to ask how this was exactly meant:
> > is "any" meant as "every" or as "some"?
> > I would propose to change that clearly.
>
> It wouldn't be the intention to have *everything* in English, would it? Might
>
> If you wish to be added to the list of consultants, please
> mail the following details, with the additional information
> in English, to consultants@debian.org:
>
> be better?
As "name", "company", "address", "phone" + "email" etc. are usually not
being translated at all, it comes down to "rates" and "additional information",
which is in English, and that's IMO how it should be indeed.
I want to provide a patch here to improve the text, what sort of information
is needed and what is optional + to document the new contact tag:
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--- info.wml 6 Jun 2011 19:26:15 -0000 1.13
+++ info.wml 5 Mar 2013 09:54:48 -0000
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@
<li>Mandatory contact information<br />
You must provide a working e-mail address and answer e-mails sent to you
within four weeks at most. In order to prevent abuse any requests (additions,
- removals or changes) have to be sent from that same address.
+ removals or changes) have to be sent from that same address. You can
+ request, that your e-mail address should not be visible on the list as
+ an anti-spam method, but we need a working e-mail address nevertheless for
+ maintaining the list. If you want your address to be hidden on the list, you
+ can provide a contact URL instead, which links to a contact web formular on
+ your site. <q>Contact</q> is meant to be used for this.
</li>
<li>In case you provide a link to a website, that website must have a
mention of your Debian consulting services. Providing the direct link
@@ -42,8 +47,9 @@
<h2>Additions, modifications, and removals of entries</h2>
<p>If you wish to be added to the list of consultants, please
-mail any of the following information in English to
-<a href="mailto:consultants@debian.org";>consultants@debian.org</a>:</p>
+mail any of the following information, you would like to be listed, in English to
+<a href="mailto:consultants@debian.org";>consultants@debian.org</a>
+(E-mail is mandatory, everything else is optional at your discretion):</p>
<ul>
<li>Name</li>
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@
<li>Address</li>
<li>Phone</li>
<li>Fax</li>
+ <li>Contact</li>
<li>E-mail</li>
<li>URL</li>
<li>Rates</li>
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What do people think?
Holger
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