Comments on: Localizing MDC: ideas http://www.bitstampede.com/2007/06/26/localizing-mdc-ideas/ Bits on the rampage: Eric Shepherd's blog. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:54:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: sheppy http://www.bitstampede.com/2007/06/26/localizing-mdc-ideas/#comment-31035 sheppy Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:57:56 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2007/06/26/localizing-mdc-ideas/#comment-31035 I agree totally, Gerv. I agree totally, Gerv.

]]> By: Gerv http://www.bitstampede.com/2007/06/26/localizing-mdc-ideas/#comment-30887 Gerv Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:45:11 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2007/06/26/localizing-mdc-ideas/#comment-30887 I think that having a "% complete" competition would be great - but to me, it's vital that the scoring system consists of creating the percentage by adding up the total number of hits (across all languages) for pages which are translated, and dividing by the total number of hits. In other words, the hit count weights the value of each page. This produces all the right incentives - people translate the most popular pages first, in order to get the biggest boost, and new localisations can't stay stuck at 2.5% for ages, because just doing the few most popular pages will give them a kick start. I think that having a “% complete” competition would be great - but to me, it’s vital that the scoring system consists of creating the percentage by adding up the total number of hits (across all languages) for pages which are translated, and dividing by the total number of hits.

In other words, the hit count weights the value of each page. This produces all the right incentives - people translate the most popular pages first, in order to get the biggest boost, and new localisations can’t stay stuck at 2.5% for ages, because just doing the few most popular pages will give them a kick start.

]]> By: Nukeador http://www.bitstampede.com/2007/06/26/localizing-mdc-ideas/#comment-30607 Nukeador Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:10:03 +0000 http://www.bitstampede.com/2007/06/26/localizing-mdc-ideas/#comment-30607 I'm sending an email to MDC mailing list at this moment with the Spanish Team ideas. Maybe we can put them in a MDC special page later. I’m sending an email to MDC mailing list at this moment with the Spanish Team ideas. Maybe we can put them in a MDC special page later.

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