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Does ProZ.com award points for asking questions in KudoZ too?
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Enrique Cavalitto
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New survey on KudoZ Jul 15, 2013

Paul Stevens wrote:

Enrique Cavalitto wrote:

Paul Stevens wrote:

I can't be sure what the precise limits are nowadays, but I believe that, up until about a couple of years ago at least, the limits were 15 questions per day and 60 questions per week for members and 5 per day and 20 per week for non-members.

I have commented before on the forums that I believe that the limits for members are ridiculously high for a competent translator, but I do not recall seeing anything on here confirming that such limits have been changed. Perhaps a member of the site's staff would be kind enough to advise on this.


Thanks Paul, you are correct, limits are 15/60 for members and 5/20 for non-members.

Some years ago a quick poll was run on the question "Would you agree with lowering the weekly limits of KudoZ questions to 45/15 for member/non-members?"

The 1292 answers received were distributed as follows:
  • No, keep them at 60/20 - 35.7%
  • I don't care - 34.4%
  • Yes - 22.4%
  • I don't know - 7.4%


Regards,
Enrique

Thanks for your post, Enrique. Since the quick poll was carried out "some years ago", might it possibly be a good idea to run a similar poll again to see if the result is significantly different?


A new survey was issued, including the following question that received 432 replies:

    Some ProZ.com members have raised the issue of lowering the number of questions that members and non-members may ask per day or week. What is your opinion on lowering the daily/weekly limit on KudoZ questions?
    • Agree, question-asking should be limited further - 113 (26.2%)
    • It's fine the way it is - 194 (44.9%)
    • I disagree, question asking should be limited less - 73 (16.9%)
    • I don't care - 52 (12.0%)


If we exclude the 12% of votes 'I don't care', we have:
  • 29.7% would have stricter limits
  • 51.0% are happy with the current limits
  • 19.2% would have less limits


In the previous poll, if we exclude 'don't know' and 'don't care' answers, we had:
  • 61.5% were against stricter limits
  • 38.5% would have stricter limits


The results are consistent and show that less than 40% of respondents wold have stricted KudoZ limits.

Regards,
Enrique
 
Andrei Albu
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The answer to this question is in the FAQ section Jul 23, 2013

tilakahuja wrote:

Does Proz provides points for asking questions in kudoz too? Like we see people get points on answer and agree. Does proz provides same for asking questions?

[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2013-07-06 12:39 GMT]


Before even asking such questions, it would be advisable to consult the site's FAQ. It contains a wealth of information, and your question gets answered therein. Please see http://www.proz.com/faq/terminology_term_help.html
 
Mario Freitas
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Are you kidding? Feb 26, 2014

If points are awarded to askers, the KudoZ site will be history in two weeks, as it will be impossible to use it.
 
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