Language Brigade Wiki:Request policy

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The request policy applies to the Translate: (translation) and Correct: (correction) namespaces, especially on Translate:Requests and Correct:Requests. For international spotlight requests (English requests here), see the rules that are written on Spotlight:Requests.

Rules

• Follow the general rules.

• Follow the instructions as they are written on the top of the request pages.

• Request limitations
  • Maximum number of links per request: 3. Exceptions:
    • If one requested item is several printed pages: 1
    • If you are posting sentences or short paragraphs, you can add up to ten.
  • You can have multiple requests running, but only create 1/day (2 for Brigadiers, no limit for Staff).
  • Max number of requested languages - translations only: 10 (20 for Brigadiers, no limit for Staff).
  • Wikia interface translations may be requested only by Fandom Staff and Helpers.
  • You cannot add/change the languages or items of the request after it has already been worked on.
  • We do not reverse-translate (translate things back into their source language).

• Wiki limitations
  • The wiki must exist and be located on Fandom; Wikipedias and other external wikis may be done but as a personal initiative of the Brigadiers.
  • The wiki which the request is made for, must be at least 30 days old (60 days if founder = requester)
  • If the translation is not for a wiki but for a Fandom user, you must list a Wikia wiki where the text is currently or will be displayed on.

• Translator/corrector limitations
  • For Correct:Requests, correctors need to have babel level ≥ 3 (preferably ≥ 4).
  • For Translate:Requests, translators need to have babel level ≥ 1 (preferably ≥ 2).
  • Users are recommended to join in Portal:English/brigadiers (and/or other Brigadiers pages) before translating or correcting.
  • Users are allowed to use dictionaries but not machine translators. See also the membership policy.

• When requesting individual users and not on request pages:
  • Please make note that they can decline/refuse, even when they have put themselves as available  in our memberlist. Do not push people to do your request.
  • You still have to follow these request guidelines, do not use this project to long-term engage Brigadiers in your own project.

• For all of the above applies that you may not ask others to create a request to circumvent these rules or limitations.

Request types

• Active requests (trans • corr)
  • Requests that have not yet been worked on or
  • Requests that aren't yet completed, but have no one working on them or
  • Requests that have been completed but need someone to look over them.

• On hold requests (trans • corr)
  • Requests that are being worked on or
  • Requests to/from a lot of languages of which 10 or more languages have been completed or
  • Requests that exceed the guidelines (e.g. more items than allowed).

• Completed requests (trans • corr)
  • Requests that have been completely finished or
  • Requests where no more work can be done as agreed with requester or
  • Requests to/from a lot of languages of which 20 or more have been completed or
  • Requests with more items than allowed of which more than 5 or (if one long item) 10,000 bytes worth of article have been completed or
  • Requests that have gone without changes for half a year (6 months).