[euopendata] [psi-workers] [open-government] Rules + website for Open Data Challenge

Mon Mar 28 05:13:05 UTC 2011

in favor of multiple language

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Thanks very much to everyone for your input! I'll create a draft set
> of rules and a mock up of the website ASAP.
>
> Also do people think the website needs to be in multiple languages? I
> assumed that this would be really valuable but last week I spoke to
> App Circus [1] who ran 30 competitions all over the world last year,
> and who said that they always have all of their sites in English and
> that this has never been a problem. Also if the site is in multiple
> languages, people will submit ideas and supporting material in
> multiple languages, which will need to be translated in order to be
> judged.
>
> What do people think? I've created a poll on "Should the Open Data
> Challenge website be in multiple languages?" here:
>
> http://www.doodle.com/zqkqvixzq5ccvtv2
>
> It would be great if you could vote on the link above if you have an
> opinion about this!
>
> To summarise..
>
> Pros:
>  * Better coverage in more countries
>  * In spirit of pan-European event
>
> Cons:
>  * This would probably encourage submissions in multiple languages -
> which could be a nightmare to process - especially given the time
> frame. We'd need a team of volunteer translators.
>  * No existing apps site does this out of the box - so we'd need to
> create site from scratch.
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
> [1] http://appcircus.com/
>

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françois Bancilhon
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