About Me
Corrections:
Please refer the the style guides for the channel and respectfully get back to me if you dispute--99.9 percent of the time if I have not noted you by the end of one video/episode and if you severely object and I have not contacted you, contact me through PM. (Click the mail icon at the top near your name and hit "compose" on the left.) I do nitpick grammar obsessively so I'll likely tell you why. Please let us work it out before involving a channel manager.
If there is no style guide then please ask your channel manager for one if I have not already. Style issues can be resolved this way--there are several for English. Disputes can be handled nicely.
It *is* against viki policy to tell people to stop subbing or editing or even ask that people come to the mod first. The model is towards wikipedia and as viki gets richer, and becomes more like wikipedia, ownership of channels is likely to be less ownership and more admin. (See wikipedia projects.) So please do not come to me with "But my name disappeared." You get proper points for translation.
If you do not understand this because your english is not fluent, please PM me for clarification. I'll try my best to put it into shorter and unfortunately more blunt terms for the Google translator. =P I will disclaimer that I cannot account for affect nor contextual understanding with the Google translator.
What I Sub:
Please don't approach me on projects. I sub what I like. If I really like a project, I'll spend the time subbing it and become a project mod or leader on it. I will not handle melos. I have enough drama in my life that I don't need to add more!
I know Japanese, Korean, and a little Mandarin. (Also some French) I spot translate for Korean and Japanese, my fluency depends on the drama subject and also my mood for the day. It can get up to 80-90%. My subs are not perfect. I don't care if my name shows up instead of yours. Ownership (see previous section) is not a big deal for me. I see this as a COMMUNITY as in VIKI project. Credit should go to viki and the project, first, not to individuals in the project. I will Q/C to make sure the feeling of the sub is right.
I have done all parts of the subbing process. So I have empathy, if not sympathy.
If you dispute a particular change, please note me.
Please be culturally sensitive when doing your subs
Since I study culture and have my feet in several cultures, I generally do not like seeing terms mixed up in subbing. I am particularly bent on being respectful of other people's cultures. I *will* note people if I think they can't keep the cultures straight with a polite explanation about why. But please, if I do so, do not snap back at me that I am calling you "racist". I am merely addressing your ignorance on the subject. Please ask questions first on why before making base judgments. This gets especially sensitive with Korean and Japanese due to a history of conflict, especially recent history. I wish to honor all countries I sub for and I don't think it's unreasonable to ask people to do the same. (Such as not posting "J-a-p" on Japanese videos where there might be nisei, etc.) Viki is global website with people from those countries, please respect that.
Credentials and Interests
I spend most of my free time writing novels and stories when not spending time consuming stories. I have studied Cultural Anthropology and design. I work professionally on websites, so I occasionally with spout technical jargon about the limitations of programming on help pages. I do the HTML for websites, though I do know a little programming.
I am a nerd. I know French, Korean, Japanese to a lower intermediate level. (Mostly emphasized on the food. ^^;;) I like all sorts of creative hobbies, including, writing, drawing, crocheting, gardening, etc. Only my math and science skills fluctuate terribly. I hate straight memorization. Social sciences--got the covered front to back.
While I am smart and usually socially adept, I have a very poor understanding of what "common" knowledge is because often I lag behind and try to "catch up" but then end up ahead of the crowd (by mistake). This is not snobbery on my part. I define snobbery as the "I am better than you and will not exchange ideas or information." I am open to discussion and sharing of information with sources--usually Western style sourcing. Your great grandmother who is dead and speaks Latvian only doesn't cut it for me. Books please. You may tell me that my expectation is not normal without issue, though if I say, "really..." please don't take offense. (You can tell I get this a lot.)
I have a low tolerance of drama and drama royalty (to be fair to females). So if you don't have information to share and just want to bring me down... it usually won't work. I prefer the "report" button to answering (for this site since admin is stepping up.) On sites where there is little admining, I will reply using my reading of psychology books. I will polite debate, with sources and ground rules for boundaries.
Please refer the the style guides for the channel and respectfully get back to me if you dispute--99.9 percent of the time if I have not noted you by the end of one video/episode and if you severely object and I have not contacted you, contact me through PM. (Click the mail icon at the top near your name and hit "compose" on the left.) I do nitpick grammar obsessively so I'll likely tell you why. Please let us work it out before involving a channel manager.
If there is no style guide then please ask your channel manager for one if I have not already. Style issues can be resolved this way--there are several for English. Disputes can be handled nicely.
It *is* against viki policy to tell people to stop subbing or editing or even ask that people come to the mod first. The model is towards wikipedia and as viki gets richer, and becomes more like wikipedia, ownership of channels is likely to be less ownership and more admin. (See wikipedia projects.) So please do not come to me with "But my name disappeared." You get proper points for translation.
If you do not understand this because your english is not fluent, please PM me for clarification. I'll try my best to put it into shorter and unfortunately more blunt terms for the Google translator. =P I will disclaimer that I cannot account for affect nor contextual understanding with the Google translator.
What I Sub:
Please don't approach me on projects. I sub what I like. If I really like a project, I'll spend the time subbing it and become a project mod or leader on it. I will not handle melos. I have enough drama in my life that I don't need to add more!
I know Japanese, Korean, and a little Mandarin. (Also some French) I spot translate for Korean and Japanese, my fluency depends on the drama subject and also my mood for the day. It can get up to 80-90%. My subs are not perfect. I don't care if my name shows up instead of yours. Ownership (see previous section) is not a big deal for me. I see this as a COMMUNITY as in VIKI project. Credit should go to viki and the project, first, not to individuals in the project. I will Q/C to make sure the feeling of the sub is right.
I have done all parts of the subbing process. So I have empathy, if not sympathy.
If you dispute a particular change, please note me.
Please be culturally sensitive when doing your subs
Since I study culture and have my feet in several cultures, I generally do not like seeing terms mixed up in subbing. I am particularly bent on being respectful of other people's cultures. I *will* note people if I think they can't keep the cultures straight with a polite explanation about why. But please, if I do so, do not snap back at me that I am calling you "racist". I am merely addressing your ignorance on the subject. Please ask questions first on why before making base judgments. This gets especially sensitive with Korean and Japanese due to a history of conflict, especially recent history. I wish to honor all countries I sub for and I don't think it's unreasonable to ask people to do the same. (Such as not posting "J-a-p" on Japanese videos where there might be nisei, etc.) Viki is global website with people from those countries, please respect that.
Credentials and Interests
I spend most of my free time writing novels and stories when not spending time consuming stories. I have studied Cultural Anthropology and design. I work professionally on websites, so I occasionally with spout technical jargon about the limitations of programming on help pages. I do the HTML for websites, though I do know a little programming.
I am a nerd. I know French, Korean, Japanese to a lower intermediate level. (Mostly emphasized on the food. ^^;;) I like all sorts of creative hobbies, including, writing, drawing, crocheting, gardening, etc. Only my math and science skills fluctuate terribly. I hate straight memorization. Social sciences--got the covered front to back.
While I am smart and usually socially adept, I have a very poor understanding of what "common" knowledge is because often I lag behind and try to "catch up" but then end up ahead of the crowd (by mistake). This is not snobbery on my part. I define snobbery as the "I am better than you and will not exchange ideas or information." I am open to discussion and sharing of information with sources--usually Western style sourcing. Your great grandmother who is dead and speaks Latvian only doesn't cut it for me. Books please. You may tell me that my expectation is not normal without issue, though if I say, "really..." please don't take offense. (You can tell I get this a lot.)
I have a low tolerance of drama and drama royalty (to be fair to females). So if you don't have information to share and just want to bring me down... it usually won't work. I prefer the "report" button to answering (for this site since admin is stepping up.) On sites where there is little admining, I will reply using my reading of psychology books. I will polite debate, with sources and ground rules for boundaries.
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