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Should there be disciplinary action for those who close KudoZ questions without grading?
Thread poster: Hossam Sabry
Hossam Sabry Egypt Local time: 21:13 English to Arabic
Apr 15, 2018
A lot of us post questions on Proz.com for other colleagues to find the appropriate answers. Many translators pay due attention to grading the answers as a way of expressing thanks for others' efforts but unfortunately there are some people who ignore grading answers. Such people always leave their questions open. I found somebody leaving about 400 questions closed without grading! There should be a disciplinary action against such people. What do you think?
A lot of us post questions on Proz.com for other colleagues to find the appropriate answers. Many translators pay due attention to grading the answers as a way of expressing thanks for others' efforts but unfortunately there are some people who ignore grading answers. Such people always leave their questions open. I found somebody leaving about 400 questions closed without grading! There should be a disciplinary action against such people. What do you think?
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Mirko Mainardi Italy Local time: 21:13 Member English to Italian
It shouldn't be possible... (right, staff?)
Apr 15, 2018
Hossam Sabry wrote:
I found somebody leaving more than 400 questions open! There should be a disciplinary action against such people. What do you think?
This is what the KudoZ FAQ says:
"If you have ten (10) questions that have received valid answers and have been open for more than a week, you will not be allowed to ask further questions. Please grade and close these questions to continue asking." - http://www.proz.com/faq/2812#2812
At any rate, it seems rather extraordinary that someone might have "declined" and/or received no reply to 400 questions...
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Hossam Sabry Egypt Local time: 21:13 English to Arabic
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sorry I meant closed without grading
Apr 15, 2018
Mirko Mainardi wrote:
Hossam Sabry wrote:
I found somebody leaving more than 400 questions open! There should be a disciplinary action against such people. What do you think?
This is what the KudoZ FAQ says:
"If you have ten (10) questions that have received valid answers and have been open for more than a week, you will not be allowed to ask further questions. Please grade and close these questions to continue asking." - http://www.proz.com/faq/2812#2812
At any rate, it seems rather extraordinary that someone might have "declined" and/or received no reply to 400 questions...
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Juan (JP) Campaya Argentina Local time: 16:13 English to Spanish + ...
Questions follow-up by the community
Dec 28, 2018
Can we just do a follow-up of questions not answered? I'm thinking on having a list of questions not closed for a certain period of time and the community doing the follow-up and the grading of the answers. Just an idea. I also get frustrated by investing time on answering questions that are never closed or graded.
What do you think?
JohnMcDove
Hossam Sabry
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JohnMcDove United States Local time: 12:13 English to Spanish
Maintaining communication
Dec 31, 2018
Juan (JP) Campaya wrote:
Can we just do a follow-up of questions not answered? I'm thinking on having a list of questions not closed for a certain period of time and the community doing the follow-up and the grading of the answers. Just an idea. I also get frustrated by investing time on answering questions that are never closed or graded.
What do you think?
I agree with you on doing some kind of follow-up.
There is no much use on getting frustrated, however.
There are people who just are more professional than others and have a viewpoint of helping and be helped. I do not like when someone "just close" a question without the deference of saying why or give some acknowledgement to one's effort to assist.
At any rate, when I invest time and try to help, even if the person does not seem to appreciate the effort, that effort pays off for me, as it makes me a better translator, no matter how you splice it...
My two cents on the matter.
Happy New Year!
Hossam Sabry
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