On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Ankitkumar Rameshchandra
Patel<ankit(a)redhat.com> wrote:
I am not a Fedora ambassador, but I do contribute to Fedora (and
various
other) localization project since long time. One of the things I have
learned from my localization experience is to always preserve the credits of
previous translators. So, their credit is never getting lost irrespective of
whether they are active currently or not. Similarly, if there is a way to
preserve the credits of the previous ambassadors on the list, would be great
I think.
There was a mail on the Ambassadors list (which I can't find now)
which put the statement below in a much nicer way:
[0] A Fedora Ambassador is an Ambassador-for-life unless he/she does
something that is so completely against the Foundations that we have
to review the situation
[1] Asking Ambassadors whether they wish to be listed as
active/inactive isn't taking credit away
I have been at the periphery of localization and, I guess I could pull
up a somewhat related example - infrequently we see that certain
locales/language teams request a change in leadership asking that a
more active member be entrusted with the responsibilities of getting
things done. Upon review, such requests are generally granted. I'd
guess such a thing happens because the system desires a degree of
accountability.
It is a valid point that you raise, and, I just wanted to make it
clear that this process isn't about erasing credit. I hope that this
illustration together with the anecdote I had provided clears the air.
~sankarshan
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