Timeline for Please ask people to translate, don't just close a question
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| Aug 5, 2016 at 17:52 | vote | accept | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | ||
| Jul 27, 2016 at 13:04 | comment | added | Andrea Lazzarotto | I agree with your A and I upvoted it, however just a small detail: «chances are they also can't understand the answer»... who cares? :) The site is not only for the OP, but for other people who might reach the Q in the future. If a Q is translated, it will help other people. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 15:13 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @Pilot6 yep, precisely. That's what I don't want. I think it would be horrible if we give the impression to people that they can just post in any language and it's our job to translate. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 14:57 | comment | added | Pilot6 | If OP is fast enough to fix it. it will not be placed on hold. Just in case OP did not "notice" they are on an English language site.)) Otherwise it is their problem and not a big one since it can be always re-opened. I see no big problem at all. But there may be a real problem if many people will find out that they can ask questions in any language here. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 14:51 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @Pilot6 sure, I just don't see any benefit in not putting the question on hold until it is fixed. Just like we would with any other unclear question. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 14:50 | comment | added | Pilot6 | I agree that a comment like "Questions at this site should be asked in English. Please translate" is good to be posted before the question is closed. It can be done with a close vote. If OP translates the question, it will not be closed. Nothing more than that. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 12:38 | comment | added | terdon Mod | @Serg in that case, you might want to edit your question and make it clearer. Even the title recommends editing instead of closing. I just don't see any reason to treat non-English questions any different than any other unclear ones. If they're unclear, they should be put on hold until they've been fixed. Whether that fixing involves a translation or not is irrelevant. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 12:37 | comment | added | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | It seems that my post has been misinterpreted over and over : I am not asking community to refrain from closing. I am merely asking people to find those who can edit the question properly , as Google Translate edits do no good . And I strongly agree with your last sentence | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 12:29 | history | answered | terdonMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |