Title: Since many of you will be at WordCamp… Author: Zé Fontainhas Published: September 25, 2014 Last modified: November 3, 2014 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vanillalounge/) [Zé Fontainhas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vanillalounge/) 9:39 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 Tags: [announcement ( 127 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/announcement/) # Since many of you will be at WordCamp… Since many of you will be at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. [Learn more](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). Europe this week-end, and may notice my absence, I suppose that this is as good a moment as any to announce that I am stepping down as the “lead” (never too sure what to call it) of the Polyglots’ team. It has been a fantastic [run of more than 5 years](http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-June/003466.html), and I am not leaving in anger or anything like it; instead, as it so often happens, a combination of reasons from both my personal as well as my professional life dictate that I must step back, for an indeterminate amount of time (this decision affects not only Polyglots, but also my presence as WordCamp organizer, including Europe 2014, and forums’ volunteer, among others, by the way). I have discussed this with both [@samuelsidler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samuelsidler/) and [@nacin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nacin/), and we are working on a smooth transition plan, which means that I’ll probably be dealing with **operational** issues for just a bit longer, but I expect that Sofia will be the perfect occasion to kick off the debate on that (just make sure to report back here). Also, you won’t be completely rid of me: I am **not** moving to the Galapagos 🙂 and will probably hang around as one of the translators of pt_PT: as usual, feel free to pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” me at any time, about whatever, whenever you need to, keeping in mind that, from now on, I will only have opinions to offer, not solutions. In closing, I’d just like to add that I have made many great and (I hope) lasting friendships here, which I fully intend to keep and that I will remember my days here, with all of you, with fondness and gratitude. Thank you and happy translating 🙂 [#announcement](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/announcement/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?share=threads) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?share=bluesky) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?share=x) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?share=mastodon) * [ WhatsApp ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?share=linkedin) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2014%2F09%2F25%2Fsince-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) * [To-do](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?output_format=md#) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e08023fe3fecf48524491fdaf75ebaf2f9c001ef519a8436cb6ab96293b509e? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Gabriel Reguly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gabriel-reguly/) 9:51 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 3. Best of luck on this new moment of your life and thanks for your help on these 5 years. 4. Venha tomar uma caipirinha conosco 🙂 5. Cheers, Gabriel 6. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ece531cfef717ffe8bc65b36b4280c16d7879e123e76384544525c22faf13cce? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 7. [akerbeltzalba](https://profiles.wordpress.org/akerbeltzalba/) 9:51 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 8. Muito obrigado for all your help over the years! Wish you well, wherever you’re heading. 9. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85b3ccf3d505b40e64c56ee29c72bfa9f166468c4998288edcb561b53c804c64? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 10. [Torsten Landsiedel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zodiac1978/) 10:11 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 11. Thanks for all! It was a pleasure to meet you. 12. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/320a9550ad538773cccb424d46c3ecba2ad6a8ea2aea30ba8ad5f27b5fdf575c? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 13. [JOTAKI Taisuke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tai/) 10:17 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 14. Thank you so much for everything!! 15. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/120b2dbc332ea0daf46d432e7d1fd3bf9a2b98955f9bad07dfd3ff8eb0fdfc87? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 16. [Stephen Edgar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netweb/) 10:18 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 17. Firstly thanks for your vast contributions over the years and as those are going to continue with the pt_PT translations , thanks for your future contributions. 18. Your help, your guidance, your contributions and your commitment to making localisationLocalization Localization (sometimes shortened to "**l10n**") is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language, culture, and desired local "look- and-feel." and internationalisationInternationalization Internationalization ( sometimes shortened to **I18N** , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the [Developer’s handbooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/). in WordPress the best it can be has helped me tremendously on a personal level as I travel down the _learn to be a programmer road_, i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to **I18N** , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the [Developer’s handbooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/). and i10n are not secondary considerations, they are primary considerations. 19. All the best with any and all future endeavours. 20. Cheers, 21. Stephen Edgar 22. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e1ebdc8c85b7d6484f5ad4984c6dc2a20f329e5bcb41b7da78ad70612072b80f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 23. Anonymous User 10:39 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 24. You’ll be missed, meu amigo. 25. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e1ebdc8c85b7d6484f5ad4984c6dc2a20f329e5bcb41b7da78ad70612072b80f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 26. Anonymous User 10:43 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 27. > but I expect that Sofia will be the perfect occasion to kick off the debate > on that 28. Pardon, on what? 29. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d81276b5affa64b20d7edddb0a5d441110a8a0fd0ef31923407719a0cea964ed? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Ze Fontainhas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vanillalounge/) 10:47 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 * on a * > smooth transition plan - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e1ebdc8c85b7d6484f5ad4984c6dc2a20f329e5bcb41b7da78ad70612072b80f? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - Anonymous User 10:54 pm _on_ September 25, 2014 - Ah, thanks. 30. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/90f92ee871eb87f075b9a3e3966d1d273b11559378123dd27b1be623890154ee? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 31. [DjZoNe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/djzone/) 12:09 am _on_ September 26, 2014 32. Thank you for everything Zé! 33. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/11dc87aea86ffd1baffe866416977795435f1c74ce6bcc056716a9626e3bef1e? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 34. [Kazama](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kazama/) 1:35 am _on_ September 26, 2014 35. thank you for your support 😛 36. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/03fec775ba7bbccce7139a73dd5e741fbaa2069cf384cf2c5b328d391dd82266? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 37. [fxbenard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fxbenard/) 7:37 am _on_ September 26, 2014 38. Merci pour tout ce que tu as fait pour le developpement et le rayonnement de toutes les langues dans WordPress. Au plaisir de te reparler au coin d’un forum ou en personne alors! See ya 39. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f2f8372b9af846f39d17751df3d29c8986ee731ce0ec7680b83a21642d614bbd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 40. [Mattias Tengblad](https://profiles.wordpress.org/damst/) 8:17 am _on_ September 26, 2014 41. Thanks for all Zé! 42. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8c5abaaf0366d5ddc1f8d034cb424091e06292ae0075026fe5905ff333fdbf9d? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 43. [Stefano Aglietti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/steveagl/) 10:12 am _on_ September 26, 2014 44. Thanks for all the great work and good luck for your ne adventures 🙂 45. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2349fe153237a398b058cefe15910aff3acea2c67da2f8bb6ee587a3cdb31347? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 46. [Xavier Borderie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xibe/) 10:20 am _on_ September 26, 2014 47. Stepping back from Polyglots, from forums, from WCEU… That’s a big step forward you’re doing here, Zé! 48. I’m tempted to reply [the same thing I replied 5 years ago](http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-polyglots/2009-June/003477.html) 🙂 49. You’ll certainly be missed as a lead to our little group, particularly as I hear the wind of multilinguism blowing in WP-land in the times to come (or at least hope so), and I’ll be happy to still read your opinion on all things language, community, and of course, gin & tonic 🙂 50. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/496b8d78333d03512679c1c1d343cb82f563f5beb4d0f6f9368c0c95b95ed3cc? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 51. [Paul Gibbs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/djpaul/) 4:34 pm _on_ September 26, 2014 52. Thanks for all your efforts over the years! 53. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b518a5cf86a31ce1c2a64870b6e15a1e63e9827afc75f8fc12f7095d0cce7fb4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 54. [Marko Heijnen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markoheijnen/) 1:33 am _on_ September 30, 2014 55. Thank you for all the things you have done. You have done incredible work in the last 5 years. 56. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dad360d6d33cc359ccc77beb0de91ea2ac1c3ccaf28550b1e2727d5f6127ad00? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 57. [Petya Raykovska](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petya/) 11:32 am _on_ October 7, 2014 58. Better late… 59. Thank you, Zé. For the inspiration and for the guidance. ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/since-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2014%2F09%2F25%2Fsince-many-of-you-will-be-at-wordcamp%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. # Post navigation [← I’d like to ask you to allow me…](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/25/id-like-to-ask-you-to-allow-me/) [Hi can someone please run a deploy for… →](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2014/09/26/hi-can-someone-please-run-a-deploy-for/)