Application Status

[eduardomaio]

Hello,

Can please someone check my application status?

 

Username: eduardomaio

Category: World > Português > Passatempos > Automóveis

 

The category doesn't have an editor and i'm really looking forward to that.

 

Eduardo Maio

[donwiebe]

Your application has been received and is awaiting review by a meta editor who speaks Portuguese.

[eduardomaio]

Thanks for the quick answer! My application was submited in english, will this be a problem?

[bobrat]

I don't approved editors, but you might note that all sites that go in that category are in Portuguese. If you submitted sites in English with English descriptions....

[eduardomaio]

I didn't know this... I've added portuguese websites, but with english descriptions (at least i think so).

 

Should I re-apply for that category or should I wait until my application is denied and re-apply again?

 

I did this because i've seen some questions in portuguese with english descriptions, and other questions that were in english so i misunderstood that.

 

Thanks again for the quick reply!

[bobrat]

You should wait for the results of your first application to be returned.

[tuisp]

The descriptions of the examples in this application are in Portuguese...

[lisahinely]

I did this because i've seen some questions in portuguese with english descriptions, and other questions that were in english so i misunderstood that.

You're talking about on the editor application, right? That is pretty crazy. I guess if we had more Portuguese-speaking editors we could get all the forms translated so that we could get more Portuguese-speaking editors...

[eduardomaio]

You're talking about on the editor application, right? That is pretty crazy. I guess if we had more Portuguese-speaking editors we could get all the forms translated so that we could get more Portuguese-speaking editors...

 

Yes... If you want, you can see by yourself

 

http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/apply.cgi?submit=Proceed&where=World%2FPortugu%C3%AAs%2FPassatempos%2FAutom%C3%B3veis&id=&lk=&loc=

 

Some fields in portuguese, others in English. For example:

 

Escolha um nome:

This will be visible to the public at the bottom of category and in your editor profile. You won't be allowed to change your username if your application is accepted. Editors are not permitted to have multiple usernames.

 

This would be, if fully in portuguese something like that:

 

Escolha um nome:

Este nome vai estar visivel para o público no rodapé da categoria e no seu perfil de editor. Não é permitida a alteração deste nome se a sua aplicação for aceite. Os editores não têm permissão de usar multiplos nomes.

[bobrat]

Maybe in the meantime, we could add something like "Even though [some of] this application form is in English, please respond in Portuguese"

 

Now I can see why this would lead to confusion.

[tuisp]

Tks, I just copied your translation of that part of the application form into the translation tool.

 

Might take a day or two before the public form is updated, though.

[tuisp]

Congrats, you are now an editor!

[aldreis]

Now I can see why this would lead to confusion.

You have no idea. I became so insecure about this that I even added an "I´m assuming that I must write my application in Portuguese. Please, if i´m mistaken etc. etc." to my self-description.

[lisahinely]

Maybe in the meantime, we could add something like "Even though [some of] this application form is in English, please respond in Portuguese"

 

In addition to making that clear...

 

We have the whole application form, and the supporting information, in Spanish. Until we can get the whole thing in Portuguese, wouldn't it be more helpful to use Spanish as the "default", rather than English? I'm thinking that someone who is fluent in Portuguese would be a whole lot more likely to have reading knowledge of Spanish than of English.

[eduardomaio]

In addition to making that clear...

 

We have the whole application form, and the supporting information, in Spanish. Until we can get the whole thing in Portuguese, wouldn't it be more helpful to use Spanish as the "default", rather than English? I'm thinking that someone who is fluent in Portuguese would be a whole lot more likely to have reading knowledge of Spanish than of English.

 

I've already send some translations for that page, it is updated now. The question here isn't the understading, because I don't understand spanish (it is really too diferent from portuguese, specially brazilian-portuguese, and english is a world wide language), the question is, because the aplication form was in two languages it would lead to a confusion if the form should be submited in english or portuguese.