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| User | Thread poster: Michael Beijer Voters for removal of useless reclassification as PRO / non-PRO. |
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:19
 Member (2009)
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Are you also sick and tired of this useless function?
What is the purpose of being able to distinguish between a PRO and a Non-PRO question?
If questions I ask warrant non-PRO reclassification, and yet very few of my professional peers are actually able to answer the question ... then what, pray tell, is the point of this function?
It is a confusing and useless waste of our time.
Voters for REMOVAL of 'reclassification as PRO / non-PRO' Non-PRO
(1): Michael J.W. Beijer
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Henry Hinds 
United States
Local time: 08:19
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I also vote for removal of PRO / non-PRO. I would also vote for removal of "not for points" questions. They are both useless options.
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 23:19
Member (2005)
English to Japanese
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| | Count me in too for removal of useless classification | Jul 16, 2009 |
I totally agree with Henry and Michael.
I was going to bring this up in another forum, where there are some KudoZ abusers who abuse the system. For example, a certain question is asked as "Pro", but somehow, a notorious site user (members included) votes for non-Pro, and the KudoZ editor edits as Non-pro. Maybe for that person, the question is in the elementary school level due to the numerous points one has earned, but to others it may not be.
One more thing: when a non-logged in visitor asks a question which is obviously in the Pro category (ex. medical, nuclear) one has to change or vote so that the question can be categorized as Pro. This is also a waste of time. Non-logged in visitors necessarily don't ask questions such as "How do you say "Thank you" in Bulgarian.
I agree to abolishing this Pro/Non-pro system and not for points questions to eliminate Kudoz abusers.
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The Misha
United States
Local time: 10:19
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| | I do have a use for it | Jul 16, 2009 |
I use it to express my disgust when the Kudoz system is being unscrupulously used as an equivalent of a general purpose dictionary. That's about all we have left for the purpose.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:19
 Member (2000)
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Count me in as a supporter of both proposals.
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Sergei Leshchinsky
Ukraine
Local time: 17:19
Member (2008)
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Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 10:19
 Partial member (2003)
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I vote to remove both options
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Laurent KRAULAND
France
Local time: 16:19
Member (2007)
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| | +1: get rid of them! | Jul 16, 2009 |
A question is a question, an answer is an answer.
[Edited at 2009-07-16 17:35 GMT]
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:19
Member (2007)
French to English
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| | Vote for their removal | Jul 16, 2009 |
I agree with their removal. They are pretty useless.
Liz Askew
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Amy Duncan
Brazil
Local time: 11:19
Member (2005)
Portuguese to English
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They're really not necessary, either of them.
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Siegfried Armbruster
Germany
Local time: 16:19
Member (2004)
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| | My opinion too | Jul 16, 2009 |
The Misha wrote:
I use it to express my disgust when the Kudoz system is being unscrupulously used as an equivalent of a general purpose dictionary. That's about all we have left for the purpose. |
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I absolutely support this position and use it for the same purpose.
Siegfried
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Jessica Noyes
United States
Local time: 10:19
Member
Spanish to English
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| | Another precinct heard from | Jul 16, 2009 |
I agree with removing them both.
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Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Poland
Local time: 16:19
Member (2009)
English to Polish
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Remove both 'pro/non-pro' and 'not for points' options.
Marek
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pitranslation
Uruguay
Local time: 11:19
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Especially 'no for points' questions.
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Charlie Bavington
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:19
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The Misha wrote:
I use it to express my disgust when the Kudoz system is being unscrupulously used as an equivalent of a general purpose dictionary. That's about all we have left for the purpose. |
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I believe this is the basic purpose it serves. What else is a change to non-PRO saying other than "any fool should either know this, or be able to find it within 7 nanoseconds of opening a search engine or dictionary"?
Of course, we are not allowed to call people fools and that is probably a good thing on balance, but the non-PRO vote can indicate that the question is foolish, if not the actual Asker (and let's be fair, we can all have a wood-trees-blurring moment once in a while).
[Edited at 2009-07-16 18:41 GMT]
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