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Self-crediting in captions
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Hi Christopher
There is no fixed rule on Amara for that.
Technically, you can either leave or remove this signature subtitle before declaring the subtitle set complete.
Netiquette-wise, there is no problem with user Wouldn't you like to know? adding that last subtitle, which was maintained by user quocanhltk when s/he synced the transcript.
It is just a bit odd to have such a credit when you're making subtitles on a collaborative platform like Amara, where the crediting is done via the history of revisions.
So if there were only one former subtitler involved, I would say contact him/her via their Amara profile and ask.
But here, two former subtitlers are involved - who have collaborated on other subtitle sets too. And you can't send an Amara message to more than one person at a time. So you could ask them in a public comment to the subtitles. If they don't reply, feel free to do what you think best.
There is no fixed rule on Amara for that.
Technically, you can either leave or remove this signature subtitle before declaring the subtitle set complete.
Netiquette-wise, there is no problem with user Wouldn't you like to know? adding that last subtitle, which was maintained by user quocanhltk when s/he synced the transcript.
It is just a bit odd to have such a credit when you're making subtitles on a collaborative platform like Amara, where the crediting is done via the history of revisions.
So if there were only one former subtitler involved, I would say contact him/her via their Amara profile and ask.
But here, two former subtitlers are involved - who have collaborated on other subtitle sets too. And you can't send an Amara message to more than one person at a time. So you could ask them in a public comment to the subtitles. If they don't reply, feel free to do what you think best.
Christopher Chavez
Are users allowed to credit themselves or their volunteer group (essentially advertise) in the captions they contribute?
I came across an example on a video I was making corrections to http://www.amara.org/en/videos/jsC8C4NdUqhv/info/why-dont-we-all-have-cancer/ and noticed that user Wouldn't you like to know? added at the end of the video: [visit www.facebook.com/subtitleyoutube to see other videos or to make a request]
Would this need to be removed before I can submit corrections?