Hello,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brion Vibber</b> <<a href="mailto:brion@wikimedia.org">brion@wikimedia.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>The voting period was long, but there was very little time between the<br>finalization of candidates and the beginning of voting. One consequence<br>of this was that translators had not completed translation of candidate
<br>statements at the time the voting began.<br><br>There should be more time ahead to prepare.</blockquote><div><br>Indeed. Though translators really do their best, it is very difficult to achieve translation of all candidate's statements. Last time the statements were *suggested* not to exceed 1,000 characters [1]. Some rules must be changed.
<br></div></div><br>I suggest the following extra rules :<br>* For the pre-(s)election candidates, only a *short presentation* (~50 words) ; easy and fast to translate, even for many candidates. These statements may be translated only in « big » languages,
i.e. those of the most developed projects.<br>* For the final candidates, *no more than 150 words*. These statements should be translated in as many languages as possible.<br>* All statements *must* be written in simple words, simple sentences without any idioms.
<br>* All candidates *must* write their statement in all languages they speak. They know what they want to say better than anyone, so it's better to have a rough translation by themselves that will be refined later than a well-written
<span onclick="dr4sdgryt(event)">serious mistranslation.</span><br><br>To the future candidates: respect the work of translators. Last time, some candidates largely exceeded the characters limit. Their statements were however translated because the translators felt a moral obligation to translate them. Though, such an attitude from candidates shows a disrespect to our volunteer translators. So, if you long to be a community representative, first respect the community by following these simple rules. Thanks.
<br clear="all"><br>[1] <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Election_candidates_2006/En">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Election_candidates_2006/En</a><br><br>-- <br>Guillaume Paumier<br>[[m:User:guillom]]<br><a href="http://www.wikimedia.org">
http://www.wikimedia.org</a>