Re: Contacting i18n/l10n team

Hello Folks,

as a Debian user and upstream maintainer there was always a question in 
my mind.

Why is the wiki translated? I see not not much value in it but a lot of 
work that never can come to an end.

A wiki is a living organic thing and is never finished, like a book or 
an article for example. So it can never reach a "stable" state.
Because of that it is natural that a translated version of the wiki is 
always outdated and always behind.

I would assume that people who need to use a Debian wiki should be able 
to understand English.

Is there any evidence about how many people use the Non-English Debian 
wiki?

I notice that a lot of energy and resources are used in the translation 
of the wiki. That resources could be better invested in translating 
upstream projects and more "official" documents like Debian Policy and 
Handbooks. From a perspective of a translator I wouldn't invest time 
into the Debian wiki because my resulting product will be outdated when 
it is finished.

Best,
Christian Buhtz