So now we see automatically the point why the Dutch are better (besides footbal) than the German…
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German speaking category
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@dynamite We should not want anymore sub forums. Dutch people can manage English, also the technical questions. We(Dutch) are mostly raised around English movies, music etc. This cant be said for the Germans. As @leader21 is imo a good moderator, we should not be concerned as to where this leads. I cant imagine that this great community would go full-German, so dont worry, beeeee happy
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@Gleno0h the Dutch forum was basically ironically said… so no worries
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So after 4 months I noticed more and more German topics when I click on the unread button.
At first I actually tried to understand the questions and even used google to see what a topic was about but I don’t anymore.
I still feel if someone wants help he/she could make some effort and post in English.
I am still afraid knowledge is getting lost this way.What’s everyone’s thought about this?
PS this is my perspective
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I agree, more and more German topics that are getting more technical. Even a perfectly fine English topic was switched to German: https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/3323/apply-string-expressions
In my opinion a lot of tips, info and solutions are not reaching everyone because it’s all in German. And to be complete honest : I refuse to read any German topic. I simply do not master German enough to understand a technical German topic.
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I totally agree with @koffienl and @incmve ! Both contribute a lot and other users should make it easy for them to help / give support (they don’t get paid or anything, so make a little effort to help those that will help you )
@all German Users, please use https://www.deepl.com/translator . It’s the best translator currently available! Google Translator is not a good option, I agree. @leader21 Maybe make this sticky, so people can use the translator to ask their questions / understand the answers.
Example (straight from the question above):
@schmucke said in German speaking category:
Danke für die ausführliche Antwort.
Ich habe auch das Gefühl, dass die Community um Pimatic einschläft. Auch ich habe angefangen mich mit anderen Systemen zu befassen, habe aber wie du keine Lust gehabt alles neu zu machen.
Mit ESPEasy habe ich die gleichen Erfahrungen, obwohl ich mit dem MQTT Protokoll leben kann - erstmal.
Ich schaue mich gerade in Sachen MySensors um - auch das funktioniert nach einigen Startschwierigkeiten gut. Das hier kein deutsch gesprochen wurde war für mich auch recht hinderlich, ich kann zwar “Recht gut” englisch, habe aber Schwierigkeiten auf den Punkt zu kommen…
Das Forum hier erleichtert das in Zukunft hoffentlich um so mehr. Ich hoffe auch, dass es mit Pimatic weiter geht und die Entwickler nicht abspringen - das System läuft stabil und hat wenig bis keine Fehler.
Beste Grüße!!!
In English (not edited)
Thank you for the detailed answer.
I also have the feeling that the community around Pimatic is falling asleep. I have also started to deal with other systems, but like you didn’t want to do anything new.
I have the same experiences with ESPEasy, although I can live with the MQTT protocol - for now.
I am looking around MySensors - this also works well after some initial difficulties. That here no German was spoken here was also quite obstructive for me, I can “pretty good” English, but I have difficulties to get to the point…
The forum here will hopefully make this all the easier in the future. I also hope that Pimatic will continue and the developers won’t jump off - the system runs stable and has few to no errors.
Best regards!!
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@georg90 said in German speaking category:
Hi
thx for the url to the translate i also use google translate for hart word from german to englisch
for me iam in test phase and testing fhem / pimatic / node-red / mervisbut pimatic is my favorit but iam not use standard hardware so iam running in many test or not working.
my test hardware are unipi s103-g , xs50 , s103 , unipi v1.1 / busware cul usb stick 433 + 868 mhz many sensors db and unica und analog pressur sensors , digital contact sensors für doors.the goal is to use automation in a my office and a big house and see all temp/ligth/doors open sensors whit alarm over sms or call over fritzbox.
but simples thinks like busware cul or fritzbox callmonitor gsm-modem running in many work.
(german)
Moin
erst mal gut zu wissen das es ne brauchbare url für die übersetzung gibt bei manchen wörtern in englich hab selbst ich problem ( kein bussiness/technik englisch gelernt ). ich bin selber nen bastler mit viel spielzeug aber renne oft schnell in nicht lösbare probleme man kann zwar vieles umgehen aber für mich selber ist es nicht der richtige weg lieber wäre wie vielen bestimmt ne eierlegende wohlmilchsaunatürlich ist es auch gut ein deutsches unterforum zu haben aber da ist die response von vielen halt nicht möglich es sei den man postet seine probleme zweisprachig aber ich denk mir auch mal wenn man wirklich ein problem hat wäre es keine arbeit den translater anzuwerfen nur löst google translate bei vielen meiner freunde manchmal verwunderung bis zu “ich versteh nicht was du meinst aus”
Mit dem floorplan wäre nice aber für mich kein muss ich mag eher simple einfach zu erkennen was man schalten will bin halt <fun>alt und riech nach pippi ;D</fun>
immerhin habe ich eingesehen das ich nciht mehr schnell lernen kann
thx an die macher und die "devs go for it
so test des Translater
(in englisch over translater)Moin
first of all it’s good to know that there is a useful url for the translation of some words in english, even I have problems (no bussiness/technique learnt english). I am a craftsman with lots of toys but often run into unsolvable problems fast one can deal with a lot of things but for me it is not the right way would be better as many would certainly be curious curious well milk sow; Dof course, it’s also good to have a german subforum, but since the response of many people is not possible it’s possible to post their problems bilingual but I think if you really have a problem it wouldn’t be any work to start the translater only cause google translate to many of my friends sometimes wondering up to “I don’t understand what you mean”.
With the floorplan it would be nice but for me no one has to like I rather simple easy to recognize what you want to switch is <fun>old and smells like pippi; D</fun>
I realized that I couldn’t learn more quickly:
regards
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@incmve said in German speaking category:
So after 4 months I noticed more and more German topics when I click on the unread button.
At first I actually tried to understand the questions and even used google to see what a topic was about but I don’t anymore.
I still feel if someone wants help he/she could make some effort and post in English.
I am still afraid knowledge is getting lost this way.
What’s everyone’s thought about this?
PS this is my perspectiveI totally agree.
And the worse thing is, that this language thing is now spreading and a lot of Chinese discussions are started. Where does this end? -
the chinese stuff is all spam, so there’s no complain about that instead of that it’s spam
we will delete all spam users and block their ip range. therefore we do not need to discuss about chinese spam crap.i understand you worries about the german forum and the language twists.
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@leader21 could you maybe discuss a auto translate option? I worry a bit about the fact that they should speak English if they can, and most just keep posting in German, while the most of them already posted many times in English… This disturbs me a bit. Either the rules arnt clear, or there should be a translating option integrated in this forum. I kinda start ignoring German threads because i dont know the language but i also want to help where possible, i think that should be made available.
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@gleno0h said in German speaking category:
could you maybe discuss a auto translate option? I worry a bit about the fact that they should speak English if they can, and most just keep posting in German, while the most of them already posted many times in English…
Unfortunately, there is nothing like auto-translate plugin for nodeBB. I share most of your concerns. In particular, I am amazed about the growing number of redundant questions. I also notice some users started topics in German who posted in English earlier which is a sign of laziness in my opinion and not very polite.
We are planning to set-up a notice shortly with a few guidelines on using the German category.
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
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we place importance on a fair and cooperative relationship between our users.
still the forum guidelines are clear and mandatory for everyone who uses our service here. there is said on no. 7 : the forum language is english.
the german help category has been created for users who do not speak english at all. as marcus said, we’re up to it and come back with news shortly!pimatic v0.9 has been released!
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I understand the need for help in the native language and I have no problem with that.
The problem is that people writing perfect English before are skipping the English forum.This is the perfect example:
https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/4180/rxb6-empfänger-433mhz-antenne/4
It about something that a lot of user might find handy(and has been discussed before), that’s why I answered in English but everyone ignores it and continues in German.Like you said, it’s lazy and not very polite, In my opinion the staff should close these topics and point the user to the English forum.
@mwittig said in German speaking category:In particular, I am amazed about the growing number of redundant questions. I also notice some users started topics in German who posted in English earlier which is a sign of laziness in my opinion and not very polite.
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@incmve said in German speaking category:
I understand the need for help in the native language and I have no problem with that.
The problem is that people writing perfect English before are skipping the English forum.This is the perfect example:
https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/4180/rxb6-empfänger-433mhz-antenne/4
It about something that a lot of user might find handy(and has been discussed before), that’s why I answered in English but everyone ignores it and continues in German.Like you said, it’s lazy and not very polite, In my opinion the staff should close these topics and point the user to the English forum.
@mwittig said in German speaking category:In particular, I am amazed about the growing number of redundant questions. I also notice some users started topics in German who posted in English earlier which is a sign of laziness in my opinion and not very polite.
Agree.
There are 3 participants in this topic (apart from you) : cherberg, WaJoWi and mwittig. All three more than capable of perfect English.
It is, as far as I can tell, a detailed technical topic where others could benefit from.
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@koffienl @incmve I see your point and I must admit I haven’t thought carefully enough about this when I started to write the response. I am sorry about this.
As the German Support category is continuously causing perturbations I think further action is required on the matter.
I’ll discuss the matter with @leader21 asapGenerally I see one the following ways forward
- Close the German forum
- Let users vote on the matter
- Leave it as is
- Apply and enforce a stricter policy
For the time being I’ll disable creating new topics on that category
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@mwittig No need to say sorry, it’s just a healthy discussion
I don’t want to close it, it can be useful for people needing help and don’t understand English.
Maybe a stricter policy is the way to go, or make the German forum read only so people have to post in the English forum.
When someone is having difficulty an admin/mod can always transfer the topic to the German part and maybe translate the solution to English? Just some idea’s.Follow my domotica project on http://maredana.nl
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I would even be in favour of expanding the German area!
My English is not very good, but I help myself with online translators (e. g. https://www.deepl.com/translator). I think this can be expected of visitors who speak little or no German but are still interested in the topic. If you are not interested, you can ignore the German area.
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You are missing the point.
If you are not interested, you can ignore the German area.
I am here from the start, trying to help the @pimatic-team and users of the forum where I can.
If I log in to the forum I click the “Unread” button to see what is new and where I can help, so it’s hard to ignore the German part.
Maybe @administrators can disable the German part for me?I said it in the beginning, creating a second language on a forum will kill it.
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@wajowi said in German speaking category:
I would even be in favour of expanding the German area!
My English is not very good, but I help myself with online translators (e. g. https://www.deepl.com/translator). I think this can be expected of visitors who speak little or no German but are still interested in the topic. If you are not interested, you can ignore the German area.
Lets not forget the reason why everything is in German in the first place: a bigger adoption of Pimatic. If you make it (mostly) German you will exclude a lot of potential users and knowledge.
I have been a Pimatic user, tester, debugger since the beginning (you know, when it was just a ‘plugin’ for pilight) and it would not be as big as it is now if all was in German from the beginning.To put it quit straight forward : I will leave the forum, reading and posting here if the German part will grow.
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@koffienl said in German speaking category:
To put it quit straight forward : I will leave the forum, reading and posting here if the German part will grow.
+1
As i mentioned in the start of this topic the addition of a German sub-forum is giving redundant questions and is preventing all users from sharing the knowledge.
For users not able to speak any other language than German there are numerous online translators.