[BOUNTY REQUEST] Wiki work & translations

[joefox]

I would like to propose the creation of a bounty for people who contribute translations to the Nxt Wiki

It should go without saying that building and maintaining the wiki is a lot of work.  People are scouring forum posts daily to pull out little tidbits for the documentation pages, FAQ, and more and the wiki is growing into a definitive source for Nxt information.

This work has paid off.  In just the past two days, the wiki has served dozens of thousands of page views to about a thousand visitors from 59 countries.  This is all based on data from the new (permanent) site.  Data from wikia shows steadily-increasing traffic since the wiki was first created, a little over three weeks ago.

The wiki is crucial to the heartbeat of Nxt.

In those two days, as well, volunteers have begun to translate content in the wiki.  Already we are seeing content in German, Finnish Dutch, Spanish, French, and Turkish.

The work of these people should be rewarded, and some are asking if bounties exist.  I believe we need one.

What's great about our wiki is that all work is public and auditable.  This makes allocating bounty rewards easy and VERY fair.  On a per-user basis, we can see who is contributing to articles and translations since all work is tracked to user accounts on the wiki, and every revision is recorded in the wiki's history.  As a result, the evidence of the work is clear, and it is easy to assign a per-contributor value based on their contributions to content.

I believe strongly in the work of these folks, but I have to be up-front, since I also believe in MY work.  So in the spirit of full disclosure: I voluntarily administer the wiki, have paid for its hosting, have managed its server administration, and have been working for bounties myself.  I'm not unhappy with the amounts I've received, but I simply can't bankroll bounties for others.  I join the chorus of many who think that larger stakeholders should fund this work.  Bounty funds can be put into a separate account, and I can provide source data from the wiki showing who's contributed, and how much.  Since the wiki is public, this information can easily be verified.

I think a bounty fund of a few hundred thousand is fair, with payout dates to be set a month or two into the future.  The information on the wiki will continue to grow as clients, services, etc. are released anyway.

I hope founders are listening

[Stark-Fujikawa]

Thanks for making this thread. I am one of the Dutch translators and have documented all of the translation work I've done so far here in this thread:

https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,1195.0.html

[VanBreuk]

Thank you again for your request, joefox.

http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/VanBreuk

I'm not keeping a tidy and updated list of my translation works here and in the wiki like Stark-Fujikawa does, but besides my work in the spanish wiki I also moderate the spanish section of the forum. Besides translations and support, I also ran a little giveaway for new spanish speaking members - and I'd like to do it again in the future.

I'm glad I joined and I believe in supporting this project, but as work load increases, receiving a little contribution would really make sense. Just finding some day a few coins sent to my account by an anonymous donor would be nice.

[embi]

Hello!, I just want to share my contribution to the nxt wiki:
http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Embicoin

As you can see I almost translated the whole current content to Spanish, and also reviewed all my translation, but as you know we need a reviewer to finally approve my work.
(I thought that i translated 100% of the content, but I am not sure and I don't know how can I check it)

I participated in other open source projects translations, like Ubuntu, Elementary Luna OS and also I was working for two global translation companies (Lionbridge and Appen Buttler Hill). I can attach proofs if required.

As stated before, maintaining a full wiki, even in a single language, involves lot of work, so I am open for bounties/donations to my NXT account (currently, I only own 2NXT balance from a faucet )

Thanks and keep the good work, I put all my efforts because I am really convinced that Nxt is the true next gen cryptocurrency.

My best regards and happy new year !!!

Donations: 933035601034071741

[Loggg]

I 100% agree with you, joefox. Especially with payout dates to be set a month or two into the future. Like you said, I really hope original holders see this. And thanks for going into your own pocket to help nxt grow.

[Damelon]

My documented work can be found here: http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Damelon

The account number in my sig can be used for donations/bounties.

Thanks again for bringing this up.

[miramare]

Nice job!
Is there a deadline for translations?
I am very interested and want to join in.
Do you still need anyone to add the Chinese translation?
I can give a try.

[joefox]

Nice job!
Is there a deadline for translations?
I am very interested and want to join in.
Do you still need anyone to add the Chinese translation?
I can give a try.

There really aren't any Chinese translations for the wiki yet, so please go ahead.  Just remember that you're volunteering... nobody has offered to put up the bounty I've asked for, and so you may never be compensated for your work.  Fair warning

[Zasaar]

My work is: http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Zasaarius


The account number below can be used for donations or bounties.

Thank you very much

[ATpr]

Two days ago i started translate to Russian language:
http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/ATpr

My account number in my sig. Thanks in advance if someone decide to make little donation to me!

[Permafrost]

Yesterday I started translate to Italian:
http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Permafrost
If someone wants to donate me, my address is in the signature and here:
8666460264662829337
Thank you 

[miramare]

Nice job!
Is there a deadline for translations?
I am very interested and want to join in.
Do you still need anyone to add the Chinese translation?
I can give a try.

There really aren't any Chinese translations for the wiki yet, so please go ahead.  Just remember that you're volunteering... nobody has offered to put up the bounty I've asked for, and so you may never be compensated for your work.  Fair warning

I started the work yesterday.
I will continue the job when having free time.

[salsacz]

I am translating Czech version.

Translators, please try to translate homepage, so we can easily see where we have signed translator.

A list of translators is here, I put there your names and links to the wiki, but please check it - sometimes nick from the wiki is different from nick here...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgAGADgnQcrtdHRrV3V3Z1lzOXVEMWtqdElUaEtqV1E#gid=8

[salsacz]

Nice job!
Is there a deadline for translations?
I am very interested and want to join in.
Do you still need anyone to add the Chinese translation?
I can give a try.

There really aren't any Chinese translations for the wiki yet, so please go ahead.  Just remember that you're volunteering... nobody has offered to put up the bounty I've asked for, and so you may never be compensated for your work.  Fair warning

I started the work yesterday.
I will continue the job when having free time.

allwelder probably already translated some of the chinese wikia pages, but they are in old versions of wikia.

[Damelon]

I've tried to update Dutch translations for the last two days, but they aren't being saved.
Anyone have any idea about why?
I've worked on the Linux installation and the Account security sections.
As you can see, only a few translations can through.
I notice that it happens most often when there are links or code in the text I translate.

Can someone look into this?
I save my work, but I'd like my translations to be used