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

[markthecarp]

I'm top posting which I know is not intuitive to a thread but it's late.

So my team has a launchpad page, a local directory page, and a wiki page.

What are the naming conventions for each of those?

With those three in existence what changes would need to be made to
each of them?

In particular the existing wiki [TEAM NAME] pages.

What I see is we have loco.ubuntu.com/team/[teamname],
launchpad/[teamname], wiki/[teamname].

The goal is for new users to find a local group slash team. I am fine with that.

Which one of these should I send the Grandma I just converted? (She's
complained a little about learning)

I can change them all. I am just wondering about 3 urls and grandma.

-Mark


On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:25 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/
>
> Submitted below (for your comments) is the draft we came up with.
> Let's get this stable so we can get it kicked out (barring rational
> and clear objection) as an official policy within the next week or so.
> Please keep comments on this thread, and please keep them productive
> and clear.
>
> Dear LoCo Team Contacts,
>
> During UDS-O we discussed easy ways in which we could help improve the
> LoCo Directory for future Ubuntu fans and contributors. One of the
> ideas that we came up with was to improve discoverability of teams in
> the LoCo Directory (http://loco.ubuntu.com/). To help achieve this
> we'd like to request that teams standardize their display names in
> Launchpad.
>
> In order for this to work, the changes will need to be made by all
> LoCo Teams whose team names don't conform to the standard set out
> below. Note that we're open for suggestions on improving this. The
> standard is not set in stone, but we do want to standardize the names.
> There's some really good reasoning behind this desired change of LoCo
> Team display names. We have received e-mails from people that have
> recently began using Ubuntu and are interested in joining LoCo Teams
> that are near them. They have contacted the LoCo Council stating that
> they are having problems narrowing down LoCo Teams that are near them,
> partly due to the inconsistency in LoCo Team display names being.
>
> There are other factors such as the LoCo directory user interface, and
> the number of sub-teams that some LoCo Teams have, but we see this
> name change is a crucial part of the improvements.
>
> We would like to clean up the LoCo Team display names during the
> Oneiric Cycle, so that means before October 2011. With a real
> coordinated effort we should have no problem in reaching this goal.
>
> 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.
>
> In short, we will be working to the following formats:
>
> Team Name: (actual team name on Launchpad)
>  * lp:~ubuntu-ie
>  * lp:~ubuntu-us-ohio
>
> Please be careful to use the actual de-facto ISO code of your country.
>
> Display Name:- (as seen by users)
>  * Ubuntu Ireland Local Community
>  * Ubutnu Ohio, USA Local Community
>
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