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Original post by: Minho

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French Answers Forum - who is this?

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I’ve been spending some time moderating the French Answers forum lately. There are some really good contributors but the discipline is somewhat lacking ;>).

I just noticed a “contributor” called [https://fr.ifixit.com/User/2471037/Lutin+Communaut%C3%A9|Lutin Communauté] that takes questions and answers from the English (and possibly other language) Answers Forum, translates the questions and then translates the best or accepted answers. I think this is noble but I wonder if this is an iFixit-approved endeavour or not. If someone or something is going through, for example, the english Q&A, it should be attributing the original content provider and linking the original Q&A. I say this because I noticed an answer that is [https://fr.ifixit.com/R%C3%A9ponses/Afficher/577409/Pourquoi+mon+frigo+ne+refroidit+plus|identical] to what @mayer does for appliances.

If this is done via iFixit, then you should link the original Q&A so that fixers can see who is answering what and see if the reputation/votes/selections gives them the confidence to proceed. If this is an individual contributor, then I will send him/her a note asking for the same.

@kristen

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