[RFC] LEP#1, Standardize the LoCo Team Display Names

[Søren Bredlund Caspersen]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Proposed-By: Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at ubuntu.com>;
>  LoCo Council <loco-council at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Scope: All LoCo Teams, Worldwide
> Status: Draft
> Rational: loco.ubuntu.com looks inconsistent and sloppy
>
> Howdy, LoCo Contacts,
>
> The LoCo Council has drafted up a proposal to standardize the display
> name of all LoCo teams to help un-uglyfy the LoCo Directory team
> list[1].
>
> [1]: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/

SNIP

> We have come up with a basic standardized format for team "display
> name" on Launchpad, they should be in the following formats:-
>  * "Ubuntu COUNTRY_NAME Local Community". e.g. "Ubuntu United Kingdom
> Local Community"
>  * "Ubuntu REGION_NAME, COUNTRY_NAME Local Community". e.g. "Ubuntu
> Hampshire, United Kingdom Local Community"
>
> In addition the "team name" field should be standardized to:-
>
> "ubuntu-CC" (where CC is the agreed de-factor ISO country code of your
> country). e.g. ubuntu-uk
> "ubuntu-CC-Region" e.g. ubuntu-uk-hampshire
>
> The Country name and/or Region name should be specified either in
> English _or_ in the local language - at the preference of the team
> itself.

If the whole point of the loco directory and this name change is to
make it easier for people to find their local team I would guess that
using the local language for the country name will be preferred by
most teams.
But mixing two languages in the same name gets... ugly. So I would
suggest that the "Local Community" part be stripped away.

Imagine you don't speak English and you are looking for the team
closest to you. Won't the gibberish behind your country name confuse
you?

So, I would like to hear some good arguments for that requirement, or
suggest that the "Local Community" part of the name can be removed (or
translated as well) as the individual team would prefer.

Cheers
Søren