Language proficiency on sign up page!! Showing now on profile!

Question

Teamwork: Marianne, Eddy and myself.

I wish I could stick a photo of this here, but I don't know how, so you will have to look on the sign up page yourself.

The language proficiency has been included!!

This is what Chris said:

...will add the native language question to the signup form for two weeks. If there is no impact on the percent of people that sign up, or if its small, then we can leave it up there. If we find that it is a deterrent, then we will revert to having the question stay within the edit profile form.

Ok, so let's hope for the best

• Thanks you, it is so much easier to know how to respond to a question when that information is available - Stadt Nov 11, 2010
• thanks stasdt, I remember your recent thread, we included all those threads on our request!! - Heidita Nov 11, 2010
• Lo utilizo siempre que pueda...aqui en el foro y tambien el Guia de Frases... - mountaingirl Nov 12, 2010
• I hope you don't mind that I edited in the screenshot - Izanoni1 Dec 17, 2010
• thank you izan, quentin tried to explain this to me, but too difficult, jeje - Heidita Dec 17, 2010

Answer 1

Biiiiiiiig Difference!!

I just replied to the post of a brand new member, who wrote something really strange in his first post.

I checked his profile, and that completely changed the tone and kind of answer I was thinking of giving him.

His profile told me where he hails from, and what his language proficiency is. He also wrote a couple of lines about himself, and that really made all the difference.

So, I wish I could vote a hundred times for this fantastic and much wanted advance!

And Chris should probably brace himself for a big, noisy riot if he decides to take it off again!!!

• Isn't it soooo much nicer when you know who you are dealing with:) - Yeser007 Nov 11, 2010
• gracias gekko, esto fue duro conseguirlo, jee - Heidita Dec 1, 2010

Answer 2

Woohooo!!!

¡Bravooo! ¡Excelente trabajo!

¡Yay!

• jeje, siempre el hombre verde, veamos si esto dessanima a la gente, espero que no..al menos lo tenemos en sus perfiles ahora, whohoooooo - Heidita Nov 12, 2010
• Bueno, no parece estar haciendo nada para detener a los spammers y los ociosos, así que no veo por qué tiene que detener a los que realmente necesitan el site! - Gekkosan Nov 12, 2010

Answer 3

W O W !!! - Great

I am sure it will not be a deterrent. Great Job!

• whohoooooooo, we finally got it! - Heidita Nov 11, 2010

Answer 4

lI don't think I've grasped the idea... When I clicked the link, I was told that I'm already signed up with SpanishDict.

• jeje, bomber, this is for new sign ups, if you log out and try to register as a new member, you will see - Heidita Nov 11, 2010
• Aha, bueno, mi estupidez me sorprende a veces ;) Gracias por eclaración. - bomberapolac Nov 12, 2010

Answer 5

¡Chévere! I think this will avoid quite a bit of confusion when trying to answer questions.

Answer 6

Looks good and pretty simple to me, I think it will be a great help to everyone here.

Answer 7

I went there on a computer that doesn't have my password memorized, and it is clearly there, exactly as I would have wanted it. It doesn't seem like it would slow anyone down in joining, and I think it will provide very useful information. Hopefully us all going to check out out the page, then not (re-)joining, won't confuse anyone to thinking it is acting as a deterrent. I think it will help quite a bit in deciphering questions as well as determining the level on which to answer them (and sometimes the language in which to answer).

• thanks a lot stadt, :) - Heidita Nov 11, 2010

Answer 8

I just looked at my profile and it still doesn't say which is my native language. I think that makes a difference, even if someone is fluent. In answering quesitons, I may refrain from idiomatic expressions even if someone is fluent but not native. And when I get answers to my questions, I am curious about whether someone is a native speaker because that affects subjective judgements in what sounds right.

• Right! like for example I have been corrected by Americans a few times for using colocations used in Europe or words like "practise" and it's a bit funny! It's tough to tell when it's regional though, I know my spelling is far from perfect! - rabbitwho Feb 7, 2012

Answer 9

Was this feature turned off again? I have noticed that a number of new members are once again showing up without any useful information on their profiles.

This is really very unhelpful and, in my opionion, harmful, because as wel all know, asnwers can be very different if we know what is the background of the person asking the question.

If the feature is supposed to be working, I'd request that it please get checked. If it was turned off, I'd like to start a new campaign to turn it on again!!

• Rght. It's so hard to know how to answer a question if you don't even know what the question is!Knowing the L1 makes it so easy to guess what they're trying to say sometimes and it means you can answer in Spanish if they're a beginner. - rabbitwho Feb 7, 2012

Answer 10

Gekko said:

the feature is supposed to be working, I'd request that it please get checked. If it was turned off, I'd like to start a new campaign to turn it on again!!

As far as I know it I S mandatory now, the sign up page shows this now;:

Unirte a SpanishDict solamente toma 10 segundos!

¿Ya está usuario de SpanishDict? Acceder.

Nombre de usuario

Contraseña

Email

Competencia inglés Principiantes Intermedios Avanzados Fluidos

Competencia español Principiantes Intermedios Avanzados Fluidos

Sexo Hombre Mujer

Cumpleaños

The promblen arises when the new member registers from here. I had seen that too, some members come up with the new info and others don't, so I sent a letter, once again, I am sucha drag...

Well, so I got the answer that if they register from the "do you want to ask a question" page, then the info is not included. Sad.

[Look here][1] and scroll down, at the bottom you see a short form of the register form, which only shows if you are not logged in or registered already.

This is what comes up:

¿Ya eres miembro?

Nombre de usuario o email

Contraseña

¿Has olvidado tu contraseña?

Recuérdame

¿Todavía no eres miembro?

Nombre de usuario

Contraseña

Email

Sexo Hombre Mujer

Cumpleaños

• Ah... qué mal... ¿Y eso no se puede cambiar también? :( - Gekkosan Dec 17, 2010
• I would agree, it should be fairly easy to make the registration page the same no matter how you access it. And it should be the same for everyone. - Stadt Dec 17, 2010

Answer 11

Ah... qué mal... ¿Y eso no se puede cambiar también? :( - Gekkosan

I would agree, it should be fairly easy to make the registration page the same no matter how you access it. And it should be the same for everyone. - Stadt

As it seems it can't be done , not so easily, actually I think we have passed the trial time though...at least those who register through the main sign up paper do have to post all their info

Answer 12

Excellent! This will be so helpful when answering those first questions from the newbies. Thank you so much Heidita, Marianne and Eddy! I am hoping for the best, too, Heidita.

Answer 13

I don't think it will slow anyone down. It's a great feature!

Answer 14

Any way this would be available as a self-test to those of us already in as members? I still consider myself a "beginner", but hope someday to progress to "advanced beginner"!

Answer 15

This has been a long time coming. For those of us down in the trenches, we applaud this decision and hopefully no potentially new members will be put off by this request.