Thank you zasad@, link added. Let's keep increasing the awareness on this important event for the forum.
That problem was exposed some time ago in this thread, and you are totally right. I understand that we can't force other members to keep a high vigilance on several topics, especially when they are translating them for free, but in the case you mentioned and a few more (like the Bitcointalk Awards for example) there is some kind of moral obligation to not let them die. Especially in the case of TalkImg, because as you said joker_josue is doing some extra work to keep us informed about the changes in his topic so we don't have to constantly be monitoring it.
As I said, this problem is hard to solve because we do it pro bono, unlike paid campaigns where there is extra motivation. It doesn't only happen inside our gang: I found that some topics that were proposed here had been translated into Spanish in my local board, but abandoned, with the problem of having to decide to leave it that way or duplicate topics, which is forbidden.
Anyway, although the problem won't go away overnight, it is important to remember it from time to time. I'm sure that, in most cases, translated topics aren't updated not because of bad faith, but because of unawareness of the latest updates. I stopped sending DMs often inside out group because I felt that they could be overwhelming for some AoBTers, but I'll definitely start sending them back not only when there is a decision to be made, but when there are changes in our topics too (it seems that not everyone uses the Telegram bot here, and mentions in this thread go unnoticed in several cases).
unfortunately i have to get something off my chest here and it concerns the translations of the TalkImg thread by joker_josue
the guy does a great job for the whole community with his service and we have also formed a great aobt community here with our alliance, but if i just look at the arabic (@Kavelj22), philippine (@Peanutswar), russian (@zasad@) and turkish (@mindrust) translations as an example, then in my opinion it is not enough to just translate the thread once, collect the merits and after me the flood of meaning, but you have to continue to maintain this own translation with the upcoming updates and also include it in the translation - in these translations, nothing was updated in the op after publication...
i just want to throw this into the room as a point of criticism and have nothing against the people mentioned here and their further translations. i just happened to notice this now, after i updated my thread with the latest updates
just my 2 satoshis
the guy does a great job for the whole community with his service and we have also formed a great aobt community here with our alliance, but if i just look at the arabic (@Kavelj22), philippine (@Peanutswar), russian (@zasad@) and turkish (@mindrust) translations as an example, then in my opinion it is not enough to just translate the thread once, collect the merits and after me the flood of meaning, but you have to continue to maintain this own translation with the upcoming updates and also include it in the translation - in these translations, nothing was updated in the op after publication...
i just want to throw this into the room as a point of criticism and have nothing against the people mentioned here and their further translations. i just happened to notice this now, after i updated my thread with the latest updates
just my 2 satoshis
That problem was exposed some time ago in this thread, and you are totally right. I understand that we can't force other members to keep a high vigilance on several topics, especially when they are translating them for free, but in the case you mentioned and a few more (like the Bitcointalk Awards for example) there is some kind of moral obligation to not let them die. Especially in the case of TalkImg, because as you said joker_josue is doing some extra work to keep us informed about the changes in his topic so we don't have to constantly be monitoring it.
As I said, this problem is hard to solve because we do it pro bono, unlike paid campaigns where there is extra motivation. It doesn't only happen inside our gang: I found that some topics that were proposed here had been translated into Spanish in my local board, but abandoned, with the problem of having to decide to leave it that way or duplicate topics, which is forbidden.
Anyway, although the problem won't go away overnight, it is important to remember it from time to time. I'm sure that, in most cases, translated topics aren't updated not because of bad faith, but because of unawareness of the latest updates. I stopped sending DMs often inside out group because I felt that they could be overwhelming for some AoBTers, but I'll definitely start sending them back not only when there is a decision to be made, but when there are changes in our topics too (it seems that not everyone uses the Telegram bot here, and mentions in this thread go unnoticed in several cases).