Non-English Language Groups on Discogs

This is a list of Discogs Groups in languages other than English. It seems to me that many non-English speaking Users, and in particular new Users, will be unaware of these Groups. Please post updates and corrections for the list.

MAIN DIRECTORY http://www.discogs.com/group/2418 as set up by 9228289
TRANSLATION VOLUNTEERS http://www.discogs.com/group/7165 as set up by Weetzie
OTHER USERS PROFICIENT IN LANGUAGES http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/405156 as set up by tsivihcra

Arabic (عربي) http://www.discogs.com/group/2794 {and http://www.discogs.com/group/533 ?}
Belgian (Flemish {Dutch} and French) http://www.discogs.com/group/397
Catalan https://www.discogs.com/group/8186
Chinese http://www.discogs.com/group/710 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2487
Cretan http://www.discogs.com/group/7207
Croatian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Czech (Česky) http://www.discogs.com/group/1849
Danish (Dansk) http://www.discogs.com/group/1062
Dutch http://www.discogs.com/group/228
Finnish (Suomi) http://www.discogs.com/group/779
French (Canadian) http://www.discogs.com/group/1636
French (Français) http://www.discogs.com/group/434
German (Deutsch) http://www.discogs.com/group/42
Greek http://www.discogs.com/group/6215 , https://www.discogs.com/group/7267 , https://www.discogs.com/group/7207 , https://www.discogs.com/group/7762 and https://www.discogs.com/group/7939
Hebrew (עברית): http://www.discogs.com/group/496
Hungarian (Magyarország) http://www.discogs.com/group/845
Irish (Gaelic?) http://www.discogs.com/group/44
Italian (Italiano) http://www.discogs.com/group/766
Japanese http://www.discogs.com/group/91
Korean https://www.discogs.com/group/5289 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2677
Lithuanian http://www.discogs.com/group/1170
Macedonian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Norwegian http://www.discogs.com/group/358
Polish (Polska) http://www.discogs.com/group/411
Portuguese (Brasilian) http://www.discogs.com/group/537
Romanian http://www.discogs.com/group/2507
Russian / Slavic http://www.discogs.com/group/108 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2853
Serbian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Slovenian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Spanish (Español / Castellano) http://www.discogs.com/group/376 and http://www.discogs.com/group/6761
Swedish (Svenska) http://www.discogs.com/group/235 {and http://www.discogs.com/group/744 ?}
Turkish (Türkçe) https://www.discogs.com/group/7751

Non-Latin Characters Releases http://www.discogs.com/groups/425 and https://www.discogs.com/group/7984

I've now worked through the first 100 pages of Groups. I'm already looking at Groups with only 3 members and minimal activity. Some of these Groups haven't been active because they haven't been found by people who might have used them. I have put brackets and query marks against Groups that might not be active.

EDIT: Thread Title.
Subsequent edits as the list increases.
EDIT: changed the comment about query marks.
EDIT: adjusted thread title.

Yeah some are not always clearly entitled, the Slavic one is more or less Russian I think. Here are the Arabic one, Chinese one and Japanese one.

Thanks. Added.

Thanks. I've searched for these to try to help struggling submitters. An index helps immensely. I've added this to my saved threads.

Also, saving this thread. What a fantastic idea!

Clogwhistle
Belgian (?) http://www.discogs.com/group/397

Flemish (Dutch) and sometimes French ;)

Nice one Clogwhistle.

Clogwhistle
This is a list of Discogs Groups in languages other than English.

Very useful, thank you Clogwhistle

Canada (English):
http://www.discogs.com/group/87
Canada (French):
http://www.discogs.com/group/1636
Romania:
http://www.discogs.com/group/2507
Ex-Yugoslavia:
http://www.discogs.com/group/1124

The idea is to fast-track speakers of other languages to where they could access a Forum in their own languages. Is there a need for Canadian English to be supported? I suppose there are forms of English that are very different to British / American English.

Clogwhistle
České?

That would be adjective neutrum, which would also require a neutrum subject.

The correct grammatical form to use is an adverb:
Česky

Clogwhistle
Slovak

Also an adverb:
Slovensky

Clogwhistle
nik, can we move this thread to the correct Forum?

The best place for this list would be actually at http://www.discogs.com/group

loukash
The best place for this list would be actually at http://www.discogs.com/group

My point is that the new Users wouldn't think of looking at the Groups in the first place.
I had toyed with the idea of suggesting a change to the layout of the Group front page but it is in the regular Forums where we find cries for help with foreign language releases and by Users whose English isn't so strong.

PS Thanks for the help with the correct forms of some words. The parentheses should contain the correct name of the language, e.g. Français.

Clogwhistle
My point is that the new Users wouldn't think of looking at the Groups in the first place.

Probably not.
But the list should be there nonetheless. ;)

Clogwhistle
The parentheses should contain the correct name of the language

I would keep it "Slovak (Slovensky)" though.

Clogwhistle
The parentheses should contain the correct name of the language, e.g. Français

Thinking of it, correct language names (substantives) would be Čeština and Slovenčina. But that describes just the language alone. In the given context, using the aforementioned adverbs is more natural and appropriate.

loukash
n the given context, using the aforementioned adverbs is more natural and appropriate.

I'm happy with whatever would be the most helpful and useful.

loukash
But the list should be there nonetheless. ;)

Perhaps the list should be there as well.

EDIT: FOUND IT! Check the first entry in the list above.

Clogwhistle
The parentheses should contain the correct name of the language, e.g. Français.

Finnish (Suomi)
Swedish (Svenska)

I moved this thread to general and pinned it too.

Nice, thanks for compiling this list Clogwhistle!

I'm not sure if this group is appropriate for your list, but I'll throw it up here and let you decide:

Discogs-i18n: A group for community members interested in contributing site translations to Discogs.

Diognes_The_Fox
I moved this thread to general and pinned it too.

Thank you. I'll remove the request in the OP.

Weetzie
A group for community members interested in contributing site translations to Discogs.

Added at the top of the list.

Obviously other Users have seen the value in offering language support. Hopefully more and more Users can now participate.

I am having difficulty editing the original post. The page keeps skipping back to an older version of the post. I will copy the data here as a backup.

MAIN DIRECTORY http://www.discogs.com/group/2418 as set up by 9228289
TRANSLATION VOLUNTEERS http://www.discogs.com/group/7165 as set up by Weetzie
OTHER USERS PROFICIENT IN LANGUAGES http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/405156 as set up by tsivihcra

Arabic (عربي) http://www.discogs.com/group/2794 {and http://www.discogs.com/group/533 ?}
Belgian (Flemish {Dutch} and French) http://www.discogs.com/group/397
Catalan https://www.discogs.com/group/8186
Chinese http://www.discogs.com/group/710 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2487
Cretan http://www.discogs.com/group/7207
Croatian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Czech (Česky) http://www.discogs.com/group/1849
Danish (Dansk) http://www.discogs.com/group/1062
Dutch http://www.discogs.com/group/228
Finnish (Suomi) http://www.discogs.com/group/779
French (Canadian) http://www.discogs.com/group/1636
French (Français) http://www.discogs.com/group/434
German (Deutsch) http://www.discogs.com/group/42
Greek http://www.discogs.com/group/6215 , https://www.discogs.com/group/7267 , https://www.discogs.com/group/7207 , https://www.discogs.com/group/7762 and https://www.discogs.com/group/7939
Hebrew (עברית): http://www.discogs.com/group/496
Hungarian (Magyarország) http://www.discogs.com/group/845
Irish (Gaelic?) http://www.discogs.com/group/44
Italian (Italiano) http://www.discogs.com/group/766
Japanese http://www.discogs.com/group/91
Korean https://www.discogs.com/group/5289 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2677
Lithuanian http://www.discogs.com/group/1170
Macedonian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Norwegian http://www.discogs.com/group/358
Polish (Polska) http://www.discogs.com/group/411
Portuguese (Brasilian) http://www.discogs.com/group/537
Romanian http://www.discogs.com/group/2507
Russian / Slavic http://www.discogs.com/group/108 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2853
Serbian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Slovenian http://www.discogs.com/group/2190
Spanish (Español / Castellano) http://www.discogs.com/group/376 and http://www.discogs.com/group/6761
Swedish (Svenska) http://www.discogs.com/group/235 {and http://www.discogs.com/group/744 ?}
Turkish (Türkçe) https://www.discogs.com/group/7751

Non-Latin Characters Releases http://www.discogs.com/groups/425 and https://www.discogs.com/group/7984

EDIT (2017/01/13): backup updated.
EDIT (2018/08/21): backup updated.

Clogwhistle
Danish (Danska?)

Danish (Dansk)

I have also linked the thread "What languages are you proficient in?" http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/405156 . A lot more languages are covered in that thread.

http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/703319
How on Earth do we get more visibility for this thread?

Clogwhistle
How on Earth do we get more visibility for this thread?

It's only in the "general" section - that user went to the "Database" section, where this thread is not.
Also, when viewing by "recent" posts, the stickies are not sticky.
Hard to see, how anything can be done to make everybody see it...

TheTurtle
Hard to see how anything can be done to make everybody see it...

You're right, of course. I guess I was bound to get frustrated when another Forum thread opened looking for help.

Just a couple suggestions for your list:

Slavic (Yugoslavia) > Serbo-Croatian (Srpskohrvatski)
This is because there's actually no Slavic language. Slavic (or Slavonic) rather defines a group of languages. Serbo-Croatian used to be the official language in former Yugoslavia and is spoken by a large majority of inhabitants in that territory.

S̶l̶o̶v̶e̶n̶s̶k̶y̶ ̶>̶ ̶S̶l̶o̶v̶e̶n̶e̶ ̶(̶S̶l̶o̶v̶e̶n̶š̶č̶i̶n̶a̶)̶
̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶S̶l̶o̶v̶e̶n̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶t̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶S̶l̶o̶v̶e̶n̶e̶.̶
[edit] (as per lukash's intervention below)

Spanish (En Castellano?) > Spanish (Español)
Castellano instead of Español would be fine also. It's really just another name for the exact same thing.

yuhann
Slovensky > Slovene (Slovenščina)

Nene!
Slovensky = Slovak, not Slovene

loukash
Slovensky = Slovak, not Slovene

Oooops! Is it?

Sorry, my bad.
Thanks for jumping in so quickly!

yuhann
Spanish (En Castellano?) > Spanish (Español)

I think I'll put both: the reference you linked to indicates that both terms are used but one term is preferred above the other in certain territories.
Please give me a clear instruction if the Slovak entry needs changing.

Hebrew (עברית): http://www.discogs.com/group/496
It's almost never used. I'd love to see that change.

Fauni-Gena
It's almost never used. I'd love to see that change.

I think this is true for all of the language Groups.

Fauni-Gena
It's almost never used. I'd love to see that change.

I'm just throwing an idea out there, not making any promises or suggestions...

What do you all think of eventually having language-specific Forums? Or do you think it makes sense to keep non-English discussion primarily in Groups?

Weetzie
What do you all think of eventually having language-specific Forums?

For me, it is the visibility, or invisibility of these Groups that is the main problem. If new Users were made aware of the existence of these Groups then I think we would see more Users getting involved. At the moment the front page of the Forums has six tabs. Perhaps a seventh tab leading to a sub-menu of each language catered for?
{EDIT: English like what she is spoken}

Clogwhistle
For me, it is the visibility, or invisibility of these Groups that is the main problem. If new Users were made aware of the existence of these Groups then I think we would see more Users getting involved.

Agreed.

Weetzie
What do you all think of eventually having language-specific Forums?

It could be very helpful to users who don't have a good command of English, particularly new users. I'm all for it. Then having a flag icon or icons to change to different language forums as is done on other sites would also solve the visibility issue.

Weetzie
What do you all think of eventually having language-specific Forums? Or do you think it makes sense to keep non-English discussion primarily in Groups?

Counter-idea:

Promote the existing established and well admined language groups to sort of "supergroups", i.e. hierarchically positioned somewhere between the existing main forums (which in my opinion should remain English only) and the other theme-focused user groups.

The automatic change from english to german every time i use Discogs is very annoying for me. I would like to keep me and my account on the english version . Thats the way I started . How can that be achieved to avoid the constant change ?
Thanks JCN

jazzcornerneuwied
The automatic change from english to german every time i use Discogs is very annoying for me. I would like to keep me and my account on the english version .

That might be the language setting at the very bottom of this page.
The bottom of my page reads:
"© 2016 Discogs ® Terms of Service Privacy Policy Cookie Policy" followed by a globe, "English" and a down arrow. click on the down arrow to select your preferred language.

Well thanks for the fast reply but I had found this and had changed the languange several times during the last 2 days. The selected english languange doesnt stick and every morning when I boot my PC I'm on german again. Would be good to have a selector box in the settings of the accoundt so you can save it the way you want it.
Thank you very much
JCN

jazzcornerneuwied
Would be good to have a selector box in the settings of the accoundt so you can save it the way you want it.

You should be able to save your language preference in your General Settings: https://www.discogs.com/settings/user

If that's not working correctly for you, please let us know: https://www.discogs.com/support

Thanks!

Thanks I had checked that too. Its on "english" and always was on "english" since I am member.

jazzcornerneuwied: When you reboot, are you logged out? If so, does your correct language preference update when you log in?

Thanks,
Rodney

Arabic (عربي)

Think only the first group listed is active

sayed_effendi
Think only the first group listed is active

I've placed brackets around the second Group - the query mark was intended for that Group anyway.

Clogwhistle
I am having difficulty editing the original post. The page keeps skipping back to an older version of the post. I will copy the data here as a backup.

OLD DIRECTORY http://www.discogs.com/group/2418 as set up by 9228289
TRANSLATION VOLUNTEERS http://www.discogs.com/group/7165
OTHER USERS PROFICIENT IN LANGUAGES http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/405156

Arabic http://www.discogs.com/group/2794 and http://www.discogs.com/group/533 ?
Belgian (Flemish {Dutch} and French) http://www.discogs.com/group/397
Chinese http://www.discogs.com/group/710 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2487
Cretan? http://www.discogs.com/group/7207
Czech (Česky) http://www.discogs.com/group/1849
Danish (Dansk) http://www.discogs.com/group/1062
Dutch http://www.discogs.com/group/228
Finnish (Suomi) http://www.discogs.com/group/779
French (Canadian) http://www.discogs.com/group/1636
French (Français) http://www.discogs.com/group/434
German (Deutsch) http://www.discogs.com/group/42
Greek http://www.discogs.com/group/6215
Hebrew (עברית): http://www.discogs.com/group/496
Hungarian (Magyarország?) http://www.discogs.com/group/845
Irish (Gaelic?) http://www.discogs.com/group/44
Italian (Italiano) http://www.discogs.com/group/766
Japanese http://www.discogs.com/group/91
Korean? http://www.discogs.com/group/thread/514601 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2677
Lithuanian http://www.discogs.com/group/1170
Norwegian http://www.discogs.com/group/358
Polish (Polska?) http://www.discogs.com/group/411
Portuguese (Brasilian) http://www.discogs.com/group/537
Romanian http://www.discogs.com/group/2507
Russian / Slavic? http://www.discogs.com/group/108 and http://www.discogs.com/group/2853
Slovensky http://www.discogs.com/group/1849
Spanish (Español / Castellano) http://www.discogs.com/group/376 and http://www.discogs.com/group/6761
Swedish (Svenska) http://www.discogs.com/group/235 and http://www.discogs.com/group/744 ?
Slavic (Yugoslavia) http://www.discogs.com/group/1124

Gracias ya encontré el que hablan en castellano.

Former Yugoslavia Group updated after a PM from a member of the Group.

Hello,

here is a new turkish Forum.

Best wishes
https://www.discogs.com/group/7751

KayalarinOglu
turkish Forum

Thank you. It has been added to the list.

Languages needed are also Armenian, Georgian, Dzongkha (Bhutan) and Sinhala (Sri Lanka).

sayed_effendi
Languages needed are also Armenian, Georgian, Dzongkha (Bhutan) and Sinhala (Sri Lanka).

...and many, many more, of course.

Yes but these are the ones where I have submissions needing updates.

Did you check this link in my Original Post https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/405156 ? There are Users who put themselves forward as being proficient in Armenian and Georgian for starters.

As a former editor of Discogs (we were about 15 "then" ten years ago before Discogs went Wiki and later terminated all old forums and all evidence of all of our activity since 2002 and before.) I really like this idea but I tried to do it ten years ago. I wanted more of a community and less of a second hand shop online as Amazon. I failed! But I did everything I could at the time, trust me! When the management of Discogs went Wiki all of the old editors and most of the moderators vanished. Discogs became an onlineshop just as I predicted. If it is possible to create a multicultural and multilingual community where everybody once again tries to help a new user to submit their records I will be back on board. I actually miss Discogs, the community, not the company!

Good evening friends, there is a room where you can ask questions and raise concerns on the international market, shops and music networks, experiences within discogs market. in Spanish.
regards!!!!
Team RC-Vinyl

Catalan language.
https://www.discogs.com/group/8186/admin

heraldica1010
Catalan language.

Thanks. Added.

hariandro001
Is any groups available for arab and hindi here?

There is an Arabic Group. Please look at the Original Post at the top of this page and follow the link.
It would be great to see a Hindi Group if you'd like to start one.

Also, the POLYSICS are Japanese, in case you didn't include them here.

thiagoribegon89
Good afternoon everyone

I think I can see why you posted here but I think you'd do better starting your own thread.

PamelaWildheart
Please include the Philippines --Tagalog and Cebuano since I found my music in your list

If you would like to start a Group we would happily add it to the list. It takes Users like yourself to get it started, though.

Very cool! Thanks for the list. I have a "Doesn't English" section on my blog for anyone who's interested: https://doesntsuckblog.wordpress.com/category/doesnt-english/

What a coincidence.
"Danish (Dansk) http://www.discogs.com/group/1062"
1062 KHz was the Medium Wave frequency for the Danish State Radio. The radio transmissions ceased on 27/6 2011.
Unfortunately Discogs group 1440 is not for Users in Luxemburg........

I've just created a thread oriented for guiding non-Brazilians on understanding expressions shown on BR releases:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/748926