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Subject: Re: [boost] New moderators request unclear? (was: A Remedy for the Review Manager Starvation)
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-16 22:23:09


On 16 May 2010 23:56, Thomas Klimpel <Thomas.Klimpel_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Oh, maybe I completely misunderstood Beman's request then. I'm not a native speaker, but I even looked up "nominate" at <http://dict.leo.org>. It seems to mean something like "to elect somebody". (I had looked it up, because it was unclear to me whether "nomination" includes asking the person for permission first.) But as you put it, it seems to mean something like "to volunteer".
>

FWIW, as a native speaker I also didn't understand Beman's request as
"to volunteer oneself"; I understood it as "to suggest others".


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