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His first mistake, which should be treated with graciousness and care, was a case of reach exceeding grasp. His second and bigger mistake was continuing astrid
by throwawaygh 6y ago
His first mistake, which should be treated with graciousness and care, was a case of reach exceeding grasp.
His second and bigger mistake was continuing astride for years even after several people expressed concern, told him he doesn't know the language, and explained that his editing was doing real damage to perception of the language.
It's not right to treat him like a vandal, but the second mistake is good cause for being a little bit more forceful and public with the rebuke.
TBH it was a failure of the community to even allow the situation to get this bad.
- renewiltord 6y agoLooks like the situation is in hand now. It's a pity it needed to get to this, but I don't think it needs to go further.
- Snowflame 6y agoThe original Reddit post somewhat overstated the nature of "several people expressed concern." Nobody told him outright that despite what he might think, he did not really know Scots. That one screenshot'd, anonymized conversation was the one time something like that happened in seven years - but that could very easily be read as a criticism of those specific translations, not of his work as a whole. It seems as if the Reddit OP was the first person to notice the editor's systemic incompetence and failure to understand the degree of his lack of fluency. So... no, I don't think he ever made this "second and bigger mistake", aside from general massive naivety. After being told explicitly now, he's certainly ashamed and horrified at wasting so much time on his own personal dialect of Scots.