| Страниц в теме: < [1 2 3 4] > | Should the "clarification" and the "discussion" areas be merged? Автор темы: Enrique Cavalitto
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Claire Cox
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| Yes, please merge | Mar 6, 2009 |
I'm all in favour. I had the situation this week where I'd added clarification to my question, then an answerer added a note under request clarification, to which I then answered, but the last two were moved by a moderator to discussion. Whilst I could see that they had become more of a discussion and less clarification, they did relate to the initial comment and moving them was overzealous in my view - not to mention confusing! By all means add a separate context box for the asker to provide mo... See more I'm all in favour. I had the situation this week where I'd added clarification to my question, then an answerer added a note under request clarification, to which I then answered, but the last two were moved by a moderator to discussion. Whilst I could see that they had become more of a discussion and less clarification, they did relate to the initial comment and moving them was overzealous in my view - not to mention confusing! By all means add a separate context box for the asker to provide more context, but it seems far too complicated to have these two separate sections with such a fine line between them. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Yaotl Altan 
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Please, merge them.
Another comment: I think buttons should be more graphical, this is, icons. Once the cursor passes over them, a text may be displayed to show what their function is.
Best regards.
| | | | Kitty Maerz
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I too think it would be preferable to merge the two. It does get confusing otherwise and posts can easily get overlooked. Also, there are times when I am not quite certain which of the two places (clarification or discussion) I should post in as there is not always a clear distinction between the two.
| | | | | merge 'em merrily ahead - | Mar 6, 2009 |
In Germany it has been found out, about ten years ago, that instead of having people that went to their town hall for ordinary or even extraordinary errands to be channelled - either by the doorman or the reception or just by sign boards into a lot of different sections - climbing stairs or using lifts, moving through corridors and swing doors, it could be more practical to have 80 to 90 % of the more or less petty red tape done in a so called Bügerbüro, set up generally in the ground floor an... See more In Germany it has been found out, about ten years ago, that instead of having people that went to their town hall for ordinary or even extraordinary errands to be channelled - either by the doorman or the reception or just by sign boards into a lot of different sections - climbing stairs or using lifts, moving through corridors and swing doors, it could be more practical to have 80 to 90 % of the more or less petty red tape done in a so called Bügerbüro, set up generally in the ground floor and close to the entry, and deal there much more efficiently with things like input into a computer file, handing out forms, taking in forms and putting a stamp on etc.
All the input to a question will normally be relevant to a term solution. Nothing should be lost, and all should be easily to be seen by everyone. - It has been very justly observed that most possible contributors join an already ongoing thread and more so, may join in a few times at different stages. Then it is not only useful to see rather at a glance the chronological development and also, often quite interesting, the composition of the panel - so to speak.
For me there is no doubt that the present system leads to a kind of 'frictional loss' and information waste.
The dealings with additional clarifications demanded from and supplied by the asker, references to the web, lexicology, KudoZ and other glossaries etc are all interwoven and should be dealt together, in their chronological development and at the same spot - which could be called summarily -
"Clarifications, References, Comments and Discussions" - or maybe just "Comments and References" for short.
[Edited at 2009-03-06 21:45 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Claudia Alvis
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... there could be an option for the asker to make his or her clarification always visible, while leaving the other comments as expandable like with the discussion area.
| | | | Lalit Sati
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| Rebekka Groß (X)
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| Yes, please merge... | Mar 6, 2009 |
...as discussion.
And have the discussion area displayed by default rather than hidden as it is now. I've found myself missing discussions because it didn't occur to me to click the button to display this field.
[Edited at 2009-03-06 16:50 GMT]
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| Yes, please merge | Mar 6, 2009 |
The chronology that this would preserve would make things a lot clearer, and would avoid the doubling up of comments that sometimes occurs (inevitably when people post at the same time there will be slight hiccups).
Perhaps if the Asker had the ability to quote, as in forums, this would make it clearer when the Asker is responding to a particular comment.
Having the box always visible is a good idea.
But, as already commented, positioning of the box will b... See more The chronology that this would preserve would make things a lot clearer, and would avoid the doubling up of comments that sometimes occurs (inevitably when people post at the same time there will be slight hiccups).
Perhaps if the Asker had the ability to quote, as in forums, this would make it clearer when the Asker is responding to a particular comment.
Having the box always visible is a good idea.
But, as already commented, positioning of the box will be important so as not to interrupt the flow between the question itself and answers. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Paola Dentifrigi
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| Marina Aleyeva
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I find the current layout impractical since - as was mentioned before - the discussion gets scattered over several fields. I was more than happy with the way it looked before in the "Ask the asker" field. It could be renamed, but it is important to have the entire discussion in one place. I do not like the way the "Discussion" area is now because the font is tiny and you have to scroll.
| | | | Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
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| Yes, please merge! | Mar 6, 2009 |
Less is more.
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Sara Noss
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| Please merge - | Mar 6, 2009 |
Anything that keeps ProZ simple is fine by me.
BTW - Hello, Roland!
Sara
| | | | Yolanda Broad
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МОДЕРАТОР | A good, logical proposal | Mar 6, 2009 |
Combining the two categories into a single space would make communication between KudoZ Askers and Answerers vastly more logical, and would relieve many of the existing points of tension in KudoZ.
Yolanda Broad
PS - The reference section, on the other hand, is a very fine addition and has definitely proven its worth.
| | | | | With Yolanda et al. | Mar 6, 2009 |
Keep the reference section, merge the clarification and discussion sections in a single "discussion" section.
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