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[Matthew Revell <matthew.revell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12 July 2011 04:09, Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That looks good, especially the description of tone like "friendly and
> direct but not chummy or inappropriate".

Thanks. I hope that is a useful description.

> I hope this can get some more before/after or good/bad examples along
> the lines of mpt's recent mail.  Going off questionable examples might
> help us focus on the important bits.

Yeah, I agree. As discussed on IRC, I'll put some together.

> For instance there are some "(Read about uploading)" links which
> always seem a bit weird to me because most links cause Launchpad to do
> something, whereas clicking this one causes the user to do something.

Thanks. As also discussed on IRC I'm going to get back to you on this :)

>> English is a second or third language for most people using Launchpad
>
> Really "most"? (May well be true, certainly many.)

My ham-fisted research (i.e. counting the number of page request from
countries that have !=English as their primary language) showed the
majority of page requests as coming from non-primarily-English
speaking countries. Cleary, that's not the same as saying that
"English is a second of third language for most people using
Launchpad"; I'll correct that.

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