[Foundation-l] elections

[Guillaume Paumier]

On 4/8/07, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> On 4/7/07, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Longe statements written in Englishe are bad even if you do not
> > considere translacioun.
> >
> > You always run the risk of tl;dr. While obviously some voters are
> > going to be all enthusiastic and willing to read anything you write, I
> > think the majority is going to have the type of mentality where they
> > do respond to long statements with a hearty "tl;dr".
> >
> That's why you should write in a way that starts out general and then
> gets more specific.  Short attention spanners can read the first
> paragraph; most people can read the first two or three; and then those
> with too much time on their hands can read everything.  Or even a
> single person might read one paragraph for one candidate (and get
> turned off by it) and several paragraphs for another candidate (who
> eventually gets eir vote).
>
> One size fits all doesn't seem at all appropriate here.  Translators
> obviously have to draw the line at how much their willing to
> translate, and a simple rule (we'll only translate the *first* 150
> words) seems fair to all.  But telling people to just shut up
> altogether after such a short statement doesn't make any sense.  IMO.


This is precisely why the subpage proposal is better: it avoids both
displaying untranslated pieces of statements and discouraging voters from
reading them.

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Guillaume Paumier
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