OLawD
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12 years ago I think this is where the opportunity for community help points is differentiated from bill contribution points. Now what those points can do other than outward expression I'm not sure but the system should be there to help users gauge any responses they get. On May 1, 2012 12:18 PM, "fierce-bad-squirrel" < reply@reply.github.com> wrote:
Re: #54
Should users be able to volunteer to answer questions about broad concepts, coordinate activity (such as translation and bill promotion), and exchange information about potentially complementary or conflicting legislation.
Legislators, lawyers, scientists, etc. may be willing to answer questions about legislative protocol, convention, technicalities, etc. that could be helpful to users far beyond the participants on a certain bill. There should be a way to centralize such broadly applicable responses so users can easily access them. This would also cut down on redundant question and reduce our experts' burn-out.
Translators should be able to volunteer to translate certain languages, and there should be a way both for users to to request translation and for translators to list active and past translations. Translators should be able to coordinate among themselves so they don't replicate one another's work and to be able to discuss the most accurate way to translate problematic passages
Getting the word out about the bills will be key to making the site relevant, but discussion of how to do so doesn't really belong in discussions about the text of a bill.
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Re: #54
Should users be able to volunteer to answer questions about broad concepts, coordinate activity (such as translation and bill promotion), and exchange information about potentially complementary or conflicting legislation.
Legislators, lawyers, scientists, etc. may be willing to answer questions about legislative protocol, convention, technicalities, etc. that could be helpful to users far beyond the participants on a certain bill. There should be a way to centralize such broadly applicable responses so users can easily access them. This would also cut down on redundant question and reduce our experts' burn-out.
Translators should be able to volunteer to translate certain languages, and there should be a way both for users to to request translation and for translators to list active and past translations. Translators should be able to coordinate among themselves so they don't replicate one another's work and to be able to discuss the most accurate way to translate problematic passages
Getting the word out about the bills will be key to making the site relevant, but discussion of how to do so doesn't really belong in discussions about the text of a bill.