You misunderstood my case. If i am user “skyray1”, and i make a suggestion, why should the system allow me to accept or reject thay suggesting if i am logged in as user skyray1...?
Kind regards, Ahmad Alawsie > On 9 Feb 2018, at 04:51, Keith N. McKenna <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2/8/2018 8:48 PM, Ahmad Alawsie wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> So while I’m translating, I thought to myself that I can try and test >> the suggestion mode to see how it works and what can be improved... >> >> >> >> So in this instance where I suggest a word/phrase, the suggestion goes >> through and will appear as normal under the text field. However, it >> appears with an ‘x’ or tick, which seems to break logic. It just does >> not make sense for a user to suggest a word, and then have the ability >> to accept/reject the suggestion. >> >> >> >> As a translator, what I expected for the suggestion mode is that, if a >> user suggests a translated word/phrase, then it is only logical that >> the user cannot accept or reject their own suggestion. It would make >> sense, though, that they have the ability to edit their submitted >> suggestion/s, or delete it completely. I decided to test this >> ‘illogical’ function out and this is what it looks like: >> > Actually it is not illogical at all. My understanding is that that > anyone can make suggestions as a guest but all suggestions need to be > accepted or rejected by a registered translator. One of the permissions > that are granted to translators when they request a pootle account is to > be able to accept suggestions. That is why you were able to accept your > own suggestions. > > Regards > Keith > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I submitted the suggestion (at the bottom of the screenshot), and as >> you can see, I am given the options to accept or reject the >> suggestion... yet it is my own suggestion. I accepted the suggestion >> and it now marks as 1 “accepted” on my profile (my username is >> skyray1). My profile can be seen in the screenshot below, with the >> accepted column marking 1 on the ‘Apache OpenOffice 4.x Help >> <https://translate.apache.org/ar/aoo40help/>’ row. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The screenshot above now shows the number “1” after I had accepted my >> OWN suggestion. In my opinion, this needs to change, as for logic’s >> sake, users should submit suggestions for OTHERS to review, and not >> themselves. >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> >> Ahmad A >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
