Thread:User talk:Mormegil/Please see the opportunity, not the thread/reply (2)

People read badly is a scientifically provent fact, Niklas pointed out to me last week. The obvious, unfortunately, has to be explained explicitly more often than now. The end result will be a true collaborator. Yes, you have to be patient, yes it's not easy. I feel your pain. I dealt with it over the past 11 years that I've been doing translations. I'm also happy that (most) people treated me with understanding for my mistakes in my early years, because I don't know if I'd become the expert I am now otherwise.

If you get frustrated, please do feel free to vent to me by e-mail or on-wiki, but preferably on IRC in #mediawiki-i18n, because that's the place where people are available almost 24 hours a day to help you and guide you towards doing the right thing. Cheers!

Some stick around after a rally, most people don't. Still, something is better than nothing. Not doing this, would mean we miss out on more than 20.000 translations.