Nails down chalkboard
Anyone using Manakin: Do not—DO NOT—send it live without a thorough read of the messages.xml file in the i18n folder in the config folder. Just in a quick read, I’ve found misspellings, incorrect apostrophe use, and similar things that send a librarian’s spine shivering as though nails had run down a nearby chalkboard.
I’m fixing them on my end, and when I’ve time, I’ll shoot a corrected version at the developers. In the meantime? Don’t embarrass yourself or your institution. Read the file and fix it!
Edited to add: Also, verbosity and redundancy. Argh. Librarian thing. Sometimes we need to be beaten with copies of Strunk and White. Avoid needless words, dammit, especially on the web! (Expostulations are never needless.) I just changed “If that is the case” to “If so.”
Edited to add (again): Even better. “The following represent ways in which you can log in. Choose the appropriate method by following the link.” changed to “Log in via:”.
We should totally hold a contest. Whoever can reduce the wordcount in DSpace’s message file most while retaining appropriate clarity wins.