Bosnian Loco Team

[Emir Beganović]

OK, thank you for the explanation. ^_^
I'm going to change #ubuntu-bs to #ubuntu-ba on FreeNode, and also on
launchpad there is a ubuntu-bs team, I'll rename that too.

Emir Beganovic


On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 02:46 +0100, Robin Sonefors wrote:
> bs is the language, ba is the country.
> 
> I suspect you have the same problem as we in Sweden do: the language is
> sv, and the country is se. However, only swedes speak swedish, and
> swedes only speak swedish (not completely true, but almost). Swedes thus
> confuses the two-letter-combinations, because they seem to mean the same
> thing.
> 
> Wikipedias "local sites" are local language versions. They thus have bs
> and sv (se is northern sami, in this case - very confusing). Domain
> names, for instance, are language specific. There are thus
> no .sv-domains, but only .se, and there should be .ba-domains, but
> not .bs.
> 
> Ubuntus local teams are not language specific, but area specific. That
> means there can be both a british Loco and a few american ones, although
> all of them speak english. This way, the participants actually have a
> chance to meet IRL and have fun, spread ubuntu, or whatever.
> 
> It's getting late, and my english is getting really bad. I'll stop now.
> 
> tor 2006-11-16 klockan 22:09 +0100 skrev Emir Beganović:
> > Yes, I've already said that on #ubuntu-locoteams IRC channel. Bosnian
> > and HErzegovina CC is bs_BA, and on many sites (such as Wikipedia) or in
> > many applications, the 'bs' is used. Can this ba be changed to bs,
> > please?
> > 
> > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 20:58 +0100, Jan Claeys wrote:
> > > Op donderdag 16-11-2006 om 15:55 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Emir
> > > Beganović:
> > > > As some of you know, the Bosnian Loco Team is doing a lot on
> > > > preparations for becoming official Loco Team. There is already a wiki
> > > > page, IRC channel (#ubuntu-bs on irc.freenode.net) and today we got a
> > > > mailing list, ubuntu-ba. It's on
> > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ba 
> > > 
> > > I think the -bs & -ba difference might be confusing for some people?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Jan Claeys
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