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Announcing a new "What I am working on" feature
Thread poster: Lucia Leszinsky
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Thank you! Jun 18, 2018

I do not know why, but I did not see this link.
Thanks again.


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Jennifer White
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Couldn't agree more Jul 12, 2019

"Perhaps this feature is primarily intended for newbies, to show that they are available for new projects? I fail to see why established translators would want to disclose the specific projects they are working on. On the contrary, I see more risks than advantages. [/quote]"

I don't understand it either. What possible use to anyone is this feature? There seems to be a considerable amount of grandstanding and boasting, not to mention enormous pictures to illustrate. Personally I have
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"Perhaps this feature is primarily intended for newbies, to show that they are available for new projects? I fail to see why established translators would want to disclose the specific projects they are working on. On the contrary, I see more risks than advantages. [/quote]"

I don't understand it either. What possible use to anyone is this feature? There seems to be a considerable amount of grandstanding and boasting, not to mention enormous pictures to illustrate. Personally I have no interest in what others are doing, or how busy, creative, or versatile they are, and find no reason to brag about my latest assignment either.
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Axelle H.
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Don't have it ... Jul 18, 2019

Jared Tabor wrote:

There is a section of your profile called "What I am working on" (just below the Project History section) that will show your previous entries. There is a toggle for visibility, set to "hidden" as a default.


Or I am stupid but I do not have this section . My WIWo disappeared.


 
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Perhaps you accidentally hid your entries? Jul 18, 2019

Axelle Hawkins wrote:

Jared Tabor wrote:

There is a section of your profile called "What I am working on" (just below the Project History section) that will show your previous entries. There is a toggle for visibility, set to "hidden" as a default.


Or I am stupid but I do not have this section . My WIWo disappeared.


I no longer pay so I can no longer see the feature on my profile page, but at one point, people had the option to hide it. Perhaps that's what happened. If not, just submit a support request and wait for someone to get back to you.
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[Edited at 2019-07-18 13:06 GMT]


 
Axelle H.
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Oops Jul 18, 2019

writeaway wrote:

Axelle Hawkins wrote:

Jared Tabor wrote:

There is a section of your profile called "What I am working on" (just below the Project History section) that will show your previous entries. There is a toggle for visibility, set to "hidden" as a default.


Or I am stupid but I do not have this section . My WIWo disappeared.


I no longer pay so I can no longer see the feature on my profile page, but at one point, people had the option to hide it. Perhaps that's what happened. If not, just submit a support request and wait for someone to get back to you.
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I see you have found it again:
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Follow
13:37
Axelle Hawkins posting from ProZ.com shared:
Internal documentation, Press releases

business

Cool!
I Do That


English to French4024 words

[Edited at 2019-07-18 13:06 GMT]


Thanks writeaway.

In fact, what I can not see is my Wiwo on my profile (customer view).


 
Lucia Leszinsky
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WIWO visibility options Jul 18, 2019

Axelle Hawkins wrote:

Or I am stupid but I do not have this section . My WIWo disappeared.


Axelle Hawkins wrote:

Thanks writeaway.

In fact, what I can not see is my Wiwo on my profile (customer view).


I see that you were able to make the WIWO box visible to you in your profile again, Axelle.

In the future, you can toggle personal visibility of this feature by using the options Hide WIWO from me (to hide it from you) and Show "what I'm working on" (WIWO) options. (to see it again).

Now, to make it publicly visible click on Show publicly option at the bottom of the box.

Please let me know how it goes.

Lucia


 
Axelle H.
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Thanks Jul 18, 2019

I see that you were able to make the WIWO box visible to you in your profile again, Axelle.

In the future, you can toggle personal visibility of this feature by using the options Hide WIWO from me (to hide it from you) and Show "what I'm working on" (WIWO) options. (to see it again).

Now, to make it publicly visible click on Show publicly option at the bottom of the box.

Please let me know how it goes.

Lucia [/quote]
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I see that you were able to make the WIWO box visible to you in your profile again, Axelle.

In the future, you can toggle personal visibility of this feature by using the options Hide WIWO from me (to hide it from you) and Show "what I'm working on" (WIWO) options. (to see it again).

Now, to make it publicly visible click on Show publicly option at the bottom of the box.

Please let me know how it goes.

Lucia [/quote]

Thanks you Lucia !
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Kathryn Jones
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Total word count Jul 19, 2019

Is it me or has the total word count disappeared...?

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I see all your word counts Jul 19, 2019

Kathryn Jones wrote:

Is it me or has the total word count disappeared...?


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Recent project: sustainability report for a mineral water company


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Recent projects: working on PR material for a major Italian art and antiques fair


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Italian to English 2935 words Advertising / Public Relations, Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting


 
Elena Feriani
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Total word count disappeared Jul 21, 2019

Kathryn Jones wrote:

Is it me or has the total word count disappeared...?


It's not you, Kathryn. I can't see my total word count either, but only the word count per project.

Edit: I can still see the total count if i click on "force visitor view", but not in "owner view".

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Lucia Leszinsky
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Total word count will be restored Jul 21, 2019

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Kathryn and Elena. It looks like total word count data was made invisible in the recent update.

I will ask developers to restore it. Sorry for the inconveniences.

Lucia


 
Lucia Leszinsky
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Fixed Jul 22, 2019

Hello again, everyone.

I just wanted to let you know that the visibility of total word count data has been restored and it should be visible to you now on the WIWO box available at the top of your profile pages.

Remember that, just as with the entire WIWO box, you can change visibility settings for this number only by clicking on the two small arrows next to it.

Thanks again for the heads-up.

Lucia


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Lara Barnett
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WIWO feature Oct 1, 2019

Could somebody explain to me if and how participating in this feature improves profile or directory listing please? I have never really taken it up, and do not understand the purpose of it.
Thanks.


 
Lucia Leszinsky
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WIWO is a directory search option Oct 1, 2019

Hello Lara,

Lara Barnett wrote:

Could somebody explain to me if and how participating in this feature improves profile or directory listing please? I have never really taken it up, and do not understand the purpose of it.
Thanks.


Outsourcers who search the ProZ.com directory can include keywords used in public "What I'm working on" post as a search option and even limit their search by WIWO usage, that is, they can choose to see language professionals who have used the WIWO feature to report working on projects in the past day, week or month.



Hope this explains.

Lucia


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Dr. Matthias Schauen
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Please disable image posting in WIWO Jan 23, 2020

I know, images are probably good for SEO, but in the WIWO feed on the main page they just take up space without offering significant information and they disrupt the readability of the page.

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