Want to answer myself, enter gloss when no one answers Thread poster: Jörgen Slet
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Jörgen Slet 
Estonia
Local time: 02:17
English to Estonian
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Since I usually have to answer my own questions in the end (few technical translator in my language pair I guess), there should be an option for that too.
Currently, if someone has suggested an answer, but the answer is not a very good one, I give 1-2 points and actually enter the answer I found elsewhere, not the one suggested, but often there are no suggestions at all, so I cannot do this, or the suggestion isn't even close, so I'm a bit reluctant to award points. (I do in the end... See more Since I usually have to answer my own questions in the end (few technical translator in my language pair I guess), there should be an option for that too.
Currently, if someone has suggested an answer, but the answer is not a very good one, I give 1-2 points and actually enter the answer I found elsewhere, not the one suggested, but often there are no suggestions at all, so I cannot do this, or the suggestion isn't even close, so I'm a bit reluctant to award points. (I do in the end, anyway) ▲ Collapse
| | | | Magda Dziadosz
Poland
Local time: 01:17
Member (2004)
English to Polish
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| You can decline answers | Oct 27, 2003 |
Hi,
if answers provided are not good enough, you don't have to award any points - you can use the 'decline' function for all answers.
Also, you cannot answer your own questions. This is because you would award KudoZ points to yourself which is prohibited and may even lead to ban you from ProZ.com.
I know that getting wrong answers is frustrating, but the best way is to decline all answers and eventually squash the question. ... See more Hi,
if answers provided are not good enough, you don't have to award any points - you can use the 'decline' function for all answers.
Also, you cannot answer your own questions. This is because you would award KudoZ points to yourself which is prohibited and may even lead to ban you from ProZ.com.
I know that getting wrong answers is frustrating, but the best way is to decline all answers and eventually squash the question. This rarely happens in larger SC's, though.
Magda
[Edited at 2003-10-27 22:20] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jörgen Slet
Estonia
Local time: 02:17
English to Estonian
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TOPIC STARTER | I don't want to discourage the already small following that Kudoz has among my language group. | Oct 27, 2003 |
It isn't the wrong answers that are most frustrating, it's the almost total lack of any Kudoz activity at all that is.
Creating a decent knowledge base instead of just declining should *encourage* more people to participate.
Team Kudoz answers don't get points AFAIK, so I think the same should apply to answering your own questions
| | | | | glossary entries | Oct 28, 2003 |
Jörgen said: "Creating a decent knowledge base instead of just declining should *encourage* more people to participate"
It looks like the only way around this, is to decline the poor answers received and put the right answer in your own ProZ glossary, preferably with a good explanation for other users, but that is optional.
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Jörgen Slet
Estonia
Local time: 02:17
English to Estonian
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TOPIC STARTER | Can't enter them in personal glossary | Oct 28, 2003 |
Lesley Clarke wrote:
put the right answer in your own ProZ glossary, preferably with a good explanation for other users, but that is optional.
I've tried, but they are not entered (I reported this to bug forum)
| | | | DGK T-I
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:17
Georgian to English
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| Hello Jorgen | Oct 28, 2003 |
If you mean, just adding an item to your personal glossaries "from scratch" (ie: not connected to a Kudos answer), I have just added a test item to mine, and that continues to work alright (for me at any rate).
On the other hand, of you mean "adding a Kudos answer to your personal gloss", I suspect there is a continuing problem there (see bug reports).
However, for the suggestion made
(creating entries in your personal glossaries as a way of increasing the specia... See more If you mean, just adding an item to your personal glossaries "from scratch" (ie: not connected to a Kudos answer), I have just added a test item to mine, and that continues to work alright (for me at any rate).
On the other hand, of you mean "adding a Kudos answer to your personal gloss", I suspect there is a continuing problem there (see bug reports).
However, for the suggestion made
(creating entries in your personal glossaries as a way of increasing the specialist knowledge base in a language that has a smaller number of members, if Kudoz doesn't produce a helpful answer in a particular specialty)
the first function would be all that was needed (please do get in touch if you have problems with this function too).
I hope this is of some use, and sympathize with your desire to build up a useful knowledge base in a language with a smaller number of members (and your desire to encourage other members of such a community to participate in Kudos by asking and answering:-))
best wishes
Giuli
~Eng Russ Geo~
[Edited at 2003-10-28 11:52] ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jörgen Slet
Estonia
Local time: 02:17
English to Estonian
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TOPIC STARTER | There is no way to close a question where there are no answers | Oct 28, 2003 |
Currently I have open questions where I already know the answer, but I cannot close the question if there are no suggestions at all, or answer it myself, so it just hangs there
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