(03-06-2010, 05:05 PM)Mme. H Wrote: Tokio, thanks for addressing this and getting our feedback!

I really prefer that the dates be kept together, as in the 2nd layout, except I like the option you've mentioned of have the different languages be subsections of each date. I think it encourages fans from all over to have a sense of togetherness, and pop around to feedback from other fans in any language that they can at least partially understand.

Two things about translation:

First, could we start now, look for one bilingual fan from each language, who knows English and one other language, to do capsule translations and moderate that language in the forum?

Second, if and until we have those people in place, is it beyond the capacity of this forum to allow machine translation? Although I realize it's kind of inadequate, at least it would be a way to get some idea of what other fans are talking about, on the forum - especially at the point that people are planning trips to see the show in another part of the world, and when reports of the lives come back!

I agree with Madame Hyde in having the dates first. This, unlike other forums, has a very light layer, I mean we don't get publicity, nor is it full of heavy images, so I think we can all take a look at all the dates and I dare say all the posts even if we are not attending to that particular one. Many people did that last year, we would go and read all the dates posts or at least 90% of them, they are usually short.

I also love the idea of having people help translating, we could code translations on a certain color to add them to the conversation without interfering with the original post. What I don't know is if it would be possible to allow the editing of posts without creating chaos, or if you could limit the allowance.
If you need volunteers, I volunteer as I speak spanish... my english is a little poor, but better than nothing I guess :-p


Regarding the poll... I have been trying to figure what would be easier in programming, but I don't know about that! >.O What would be easier to handle, from your POV Tokio?