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Moderation of the TranslationTool

Who is moderator?

Actually all of the users of the TranslationTool can moderate: At the moment you don't need any account or password to post hints to help others, to edit postings or to change the status of a request. Only if you want to remove a request or mark it as trash you need a password. For this text we will use the word "user" for all users and the word "moderator" for all users with a moderator password.

What do moderators do?

• Moderators of the TranslationTool try to moderate the postings according to the TranslationToolMissionStatement and TranslationToolEditorialPolicy.

Where do the Moderators act?

• There are 4 sections in the TranslationTool, all of them are moderated with moderation action:
  1. the External section (http://translations.indymedia.org/) with automatic deletion after 4 months of inactivity and the
  2. Internal section (http://translations.indymedia.org/permanent_html) with no automatic deletion and
  3. the News section (right column, no automatic deletion)
  4. Comments below the above mentioned sections

Moderation actions

• Moderation actions can be:
  • Add language codes according to the wishes of the requestors
  • Add english keywords according to the subject or region of the requested article (e.g. 'Argentine')
  • Switch the status of an article according to the phase of the translation process (eg. from "to do" to "done") This is done whenever someone adds a translation or a coment like (I'll do it, Done, Partly done, for revision)
  • Post hints on how to use the TranslationTool, following posted help requests
  • Remove double postings (moderators only)
  • Remove spam or mark as trash (moderators only)
  • Give some requests a more prominent position in the chronological list by adapting the date of the request (moderators only)
  • Translate or edit phrases of the user interface (see Internationalisation)

Criticise moderator actions

• If you want to criticise moderator decisions contact the moderators by
  • writing an email to translation at lists dOt indymedia d0t org
  • looking for moderators in the irc channel #translationtool on irc.indymedia.org
  • posting comments below the corresponding request

Screen shots

• The Admin page (used by mods and admins)

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