[TYPO3-english] Is there any need for an English TYPO3 discussion forum?

[Lorenz Ulrich]

Hi Thomas

As far as I know, there is a team involved in creating a platform that 
uses a forum software and will be in sync with the mailing lists.

Best regards,

Lorenz

Am 14.05.2012 13:06, schrieb Thomas Skierlo:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm a German living in the Netherlands, who prefers to discuss technical
> matters in English forums and lists. I'm a participating on this list
> for about two month now, and I like the friendliness and quality of it
> very much.
>
> All official TYPO3 documentation is in English and the product localizes
> extremely well. I think that many people, like me before, do not
> subscribe to mailing lists, mainly because they are looking for other
> forms of information first, like discussion forums, which might be a
> more modern approach -- at least a more convenient one.
>
> One major aspect of a forum is the fact, that beginners get good hints,
> mainly from other, more advanced beginners and intermediates. A forum
> therefore could help to keep the very basic questions out of the mailing
> lists, which always will cover more advanced topics.
>
> If you use Google for some usage statistics you'll find out that TYPO3's
> acceptance is extremely good for the German (or similar) language
> countries, like Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and it's
> popularity and installation-count is decreasing outside the EU and
> Scandinavian countries. Imagine yourself a young turkish CMS developer,
> who wants to learn more about TYPO3. Besides the official documentation
> he or she would hunt for information in Turkish or English language, but
> definitely no in German.
>
> Today we have two well administrated and lively forums in German
> language and, at least after my short research, not even one in English.
> Other users and I suggested an "English" section for the most active
> German TYPO3 forum at http://www.typo3forum.net
> <http://www.typo3forum.net/> , and the makers behind it would agree to
> open one (or more), if it would really be of general interest.
>
> I was asked to discuss this matter on the mailing list -- voilà. I'm a
> plain user of the forum mentioned, and not an owner or maker of it
>
> Would you like to have an English language subsection on this popular
> forum - not as an alternative to this excellent mailing list, but as an
> addition? If yes, which structure should it have?
>
> All of you who can read German will find the active discussion under
> http://www.typo3forum.net/forum/aenderungen/49716-typo3-forum-englisch.html.
> Use this thread as well if you like.
>
> TIA for any feedback,
>
> Thomas Skierlo
>