For all dutch-speaking members

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:44 pm

We have been contacted by various members if a dutch couter-forum was possible. It took a lot of discussing between the board-members before we decided there was sufficient ground for a dutch version of the forum. The problem was that a large part of the dutch members thought the barrier for the english forum was too big. But there are a lot of dutchies with 480, that's why we chose to do this.

In dutch: er is een Nederlandstalig forum voor Volvo 480 fans bijgekomen! Iedereen die daar wil posten moet zich wel daar apart aanmelden. Het adres van het Nederlandstalige deel is:
http://volvo480.northernscum.org.uk/forum_nl/

Veel plezier op het nieuwe extra forum!

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:06 pm

WOW That's cool

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:15 pm

Who knows, maybe in a few years time the homepage will be available in various languages, but this is a nice start

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 11:14 pm

Don't know what to think of it. Anyway don't ask me.Time will learn.

Thanks

JPF

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:43 am

We'll see how good it is used on the longer run (2 to 3 months). If no one posts there by that time it might leave again, but that won't happen probably.

levensnevel · Post by **levensnevel** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 7:10 am

Shame it had to come to this

I'll stick to this messageboard when I want to discuss cheese wedge realated issues in my mother tongue

Gimle · Post by **Gimle** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 8:52 am

Even though my native language is Dutch I prefer to use this forum... I'll look at the new forum, but I enjoy this English one

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:37 am

I'm not sure this is a good move - as already well discussed, there are native language 480 boards for nearly all european countries already - I don't think having seperate concurrent boards on this site is a good move, for 2 reasons - it dilutes the knowledge across boards and 2) it might upset other people becasue their language hasn't been catered for.

Now what WOULD be a good idea is if we could somehow tap into that online translator I posted and show the ONE forum in MANY languages - I'm sure that must be possible... OK, the translator isn't perfect, but most people would get the gist of what was being said, and it means it wouldn't matter if people post in their native tongue, because we'd all be viewing a translated version in whatever language we want to read it in...

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:39 pm

[/quote]Even though my native language is Dutch I prefer to use this forum... I'll look at the new forum, but I enjoy this English one

It's cause were the cool crew eh eh?

levensnevel · Post by **levensnevel** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:09 pm

Having read an additional explanation on the messageboardof our belgian friends (ML480GTnl entry 18-11-2003 19:21) I doubt that this is a step in the right direction.
Surley I do not know what's going on behind the scene but I feel that this is a real step in the wrong direction.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:57 pm

Umm well they seem to have posted some stuff,

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:41 pm

I have made some posts/answers there , and its delicious calm there. Before i get scitsophrenic : wat were te reasons and goals to make this site ?

was it to give a better option as the dutch 480register ? to get back all dutch members of the belgian 480 site ? go give the few posters of this site a safe heaven?

I also notice that you (coyote) kind of made this initiative, but then suddently stop as moderator.

Now, I am easy going.. You do wat ever you like with these great clubs, but I would like some more opennes. "glasnost" if you like

Now, don't mind the tone of this message, I am just curious.

thanks so far.

Luck
JPF

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:48 pm

Somehow (going by the quietness that you mention) I don't think this was Daniel's initiative - he just implemented it - remmeber there's more to our club than just Daniels (great) efforts - there's an entire panel of people who make the decisions as well as Daniel - perhaps it was the initiative of others?

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:41 am

There was a concensus on implementing this dutch board. The idea is that every country should have its own national forum in native language, and apart from that there should be a pan-european forum (which is this great forum) in the english language.

I personally will be more on this forum, but of course I will also keep an eye on the dutch forum. The dutch forum is merely something we did because we were asked by some members. We simply host it by request. Most major european countries now have their own national forum next to this european forum.

I'm always looking for new things to do with the website, some may be better than others. The important thing is that things happen around here and it's not all static, if you get what I mean...

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:44 pm

sorry I gave you folks the feel i was complaining again, I wasn't. I was just curious., like a bus passenger, wanting to know where the driver is headed (so i can get out on time, if I don't feel this is the right direction)
But thats strictly personal. I think things were going great

Luck
JPF

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:39 pm

volvofox, you should be

because of the dutch side of this forum. You just sound kinda down about it all.

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:08 pm

martinholmesuk wrote:...the dutch side of this forum...

technically speaking the dutch forum should not be regarded as a dutch version of a Club EUROPE version (even though we do host it), but we merely host a version for everyone from Holland with a 480 (for the time being).

Everyone has a choice, you can either post there, or don't post there. And if it has evolved into some sort of Wild West ghost-city in a few months time it might vanish in thin air, even though I doubt that will be the case...