best profile competition/gara miglior profilo (also under \"Suggestions\")

On 2002-04-11 14:26, KGartshore wrote:

...to a stampede of false statements, boasting, embellishment of people\'s profiles. It all depends what criteria you define. Best logo, best tagline, best qualifications, most languages offered? It\'s a bit like saying, let\'s have a competition for the best CVs or resumes. Profiles are what they are - the only criterion a good profile should fulfil is that it offers a minimum standard of correct, truthful information.



Sorry Giovanni, I don\'t mean to jump down your throat, but given the recent discussions on false profiles/untrue statements, this is maybe not such a good idea.



K.





I agree on all points. Besides, I think there can be too much movement, too many old gimmicks, too many distractions. That old, old gimmick: \"Follow the sky diver\" is all of it: old, a gimmick, distracting, without any relevance to translation or linguistic...




Agencies already treat translators like a bunch of children. I do not want to deliver artwork for their refrigerators by the water cooler.


Sorry, I think it is a terrible idea.

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On 2002-04-11 17:49, monika wrote:

Karin said:

\"Profiles are what they are - the only criterion a good profile should fulfil is that it offers a minimum standard of correct, truthful information.\"

Yes, I agree with you Karin. This might lead people put there info that might not be true. Also, do you think of people \"stealing profiles?\" It already happened with mine. The newest member of my community copied and pasted everything from my profile (with some minor changes, for example she put her own name there and also her school

names were different from mine) and everything that she wrote on her own was misspelled (no kidding!). Has this ever happen to anyone before? What

do you do in these type of cases? I mean I have seen some other people copy

only one or two sentences from each-other, but this case is one of a kind.

See for yourself.

My profile: (http://www.proz.com/translator/1276)

Hers:

(http://www.proz.com/?sp=partprof&eid_s=31556&pair=en_al&lo=23)









It has happened to me twice: one copied essential passages from my own personal website and put it into his ProZ profile (just like in your example, with terrible mistakes); another one did the same, but included it in her personal website.



They both copied sections such as \"FAQ\", \"Tips for clients\" - even \"Rates & Payment\", etc. - word for word! ▲ Collapse

On 2002-04-11 14:26, KGartshore wrote:

...to a stampede of false statements, boasting, embellishment of people\'s profiles. It all depends what criteria you define. Best logo, best tagline, best qualifications, most languages offered? It\'s a bit like saying, let\'s have a competition for the best CVs or resumes. Profiles are what they are - the only criterion a good profile should fulfil is that it offers a minimum standard of correct, truthful information.



Sorry Giovanni, I don\'t mean to jump down your throat, but given the recent discussions on false profiles/untrue statements, this is maybe not such a good idea.



K.





I tend to agree with you on most issues, but this time I have to side with Karin.



It\'s nice to have a few extra HTML tools to enhance one\'s profile, but I believe the original plan behind member profiles was to give clients a quick overview, preferably on a single screen, without having to scroll down, down, down, ... .



Karin is also right in assuming that this \"competition\" would lead to a new flood of untrue statements about working languages, skills, qualifications, etc. ▲ Collapse