| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Again talking about KudoZ abuse Thread poster: Anabel Martínez
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invguy. "Possible solution:
Why not turn the KudoZ question page into an sutomatic “Glossary Search” page? i.e. Askers enter the necessary information exactly as they would in order to ask a question but, prior to the question being posted, they would be referred to the existing glossary entries for the word, expression, etc…….and have to “decline” all the answers provided. This should be compulsory.
invguy's suggestion is excellent however, I think this one is much better.
António
| | | | Anabel Martínez 
Spain
Local time: 11:46
Member (2005)
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I think both ideas are great and would be very useful in dealing with the specific problem that I began talking about. Of course, it's a lot better than having compulsory registration.
I agree with the fact that the Internet should remain a free access and a free tool, but I was just quite bothered by the fact some people seem not to see that we are not a dictionary, but real people out here, some willing to help, some others willing to help and get points in exchange, and some oth... See more I think both ideas are great and would be very useful in dealing with the specific problem that I began talking about. Of course, it's a lot better than having compulsory registration.
I agree with the fact that the Internet should remain a free access and a free tool, but I was just quite bothered by the fact some people seem not to see that we are not a dictionary, but real people out here, some willing to help, some others willing to help and get points in exchange, and some others chasing points (that's diversity, I guess). I know I can set my preferences not to get e-mail notifications, I know I can ignore those questions if I choose to, but my point was different here. Haven't you ever been treated as if you had to know all the words in a language just because you are a translator? My complaint here came due to a similar feeling: some people just tend to abuse language knowledge (probably like they abuse IT professionals ).
That was it, I was only upset.
Cheers and thanks for coming up with much better ideas than mine! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Ian M-H (X)
United States
Local time: 05:46
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| Don't make it *too* difficult to ask! | May 19, 2005 |
Kim Metzger wrote, quoting andycw:
Why not turn the KudoZ question page into an sutomatic “Glossary Search” page? i.e. Askers enter the necessary information exactly as they would in order to ask a question but, prior to the question being posted, they would be referred to the existing glossary entries for the word, expression, etc…….and have to “decline” all the answers provided. This should be compulsory.
Attractive though this might be at first glance, I can imagine it would lead to a stream of (justified) complaints from non-abusers about how they don't need to be treated as kids and made to jump through a dozen hoops before asking their legitimate questions...
A less drastic solution would seem to make more sense: limit the number of questions someone can ask per day and limit the number of questions an asker can have open at any given time.
Ian
| | | | Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 05:46
Member (2002)
Spanish to English
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| Try www.bugmenot.com | May 19, 2005 |
Marijke Singer wrote:
When I am doing a tricky translation, I often register at specific websites that have the information that I need because this is the only way of getting at the information. For this I have a number of aliases that are linked to e-mail addresses (after all, my SP allows me to have 8). I promptly forget about the registrations and if I go back again, I just register again using another set of "personal data". It really is that easy. Where there is a will, there is a way.
You should try:
www.bugmenot.com
"You're browsing the web and you click a link to an article on a site (let's say nytimes.com) but instead of getting the article you get a screen asking you to login or register. Infuriated at the idea of pointlessly registering for yet another site you turn to your good buddy bugmenot.com
Instructions
STEP 1: Make a note of the website address your are trying to access. For example:
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1024_3-5567274.html
Or even just:
www.nytimes.com
STEP 2: Visit http://bugmenot.com
STEP 3: Enter the address from step 1 into the box and press the "Show Logins" button
STEP 4: You should now be presented with a username and password. Make a note of them.
STEP 5: Go back to the site you were originally trying to access in step 1 and proceed to login with the username and password you noted in the previous step.
With any luck you should be able to access your article now!
[Edited at 2005-05-20 00:36]
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| Bypassing useless registration | May 19, 2005 |
Thanks Jeff! I am not as sneaky as other people I see! Long live Internet!
| | | | moken
Local time: 10:46
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| Double agreement | May 20, 2005 |
Ian Harknett wrote:
Attractive though this might be at first glance, I can imagine it would lead to a stream of (justified) complaints from non-abusers about how they don't need to be treated as kids and made to jump through a dozen hoops before asking their legitimate questions...
A less drastic solution would seem to make more sense: limit the number of questions someone can ask per day and limit the number of questions an asker can have open at any given time.
Ian
Absolutely Ian!
I can't imagine a troubled translator with an urgent need for help spending 1/2 an hour sifting through systems when he/she has probably researched and not been able to find the answer...very frustrating!
Limits to number of questions open: YES! There are askers out there with 100 unclosed questions...with most of the others having been closed by 'the robot'. The limit to the number of questions seems to be a matter of time...as a non-platinum user I just hope the limit isn't 1!
Cheers,
Álvaro ))
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