well, after reading this thread several times, now i think i have a clearer idea of what i think...
imo, there shouldn't be any problem if some member starts a thread in T&T in non english language. those kind of threads are just to talk about nothing and have a bit of fun with the people who speaks your same mother language (or how it's said).
about other people not being able to know what is said in that thread: well, I don't care if i see a dutch thread in T&T. I just ignore it. If it's in T&T that's because it isn't important at all. I'm more dissapointed if I see a dutch thread in the translation section and I can't understand it (and that thread is 100% legal. it's posters do not have to translate it, acording to the rules).
about a help section for non english people: that have been requested before with not much success... anyway, I remember people asking for help and posting in spanish and dutch... noone told them to post in english ('cause they said they couldn't) and they got an answer to their problem... What I mean is this: yes, we have to do our best possible to encourage poeple post in english, but we don't have to be like polices and criticize people posting in other language than english, specially if they need help and can't speak english. And, of course, why can't we post in other language in T&T? imo, its the same as if I post a thread like "post something about the poster before you". if I post it in GCC, that would be spam and (as said in the rules) that's not allowed (and should be deleted). If I post it in T&T noone complains (but the rules say it is...) and it isn't deleted
conclusion: don't be so strict in T&T, one thing would be to post 2 or 3 threads per day in T&T in non-english and another thing quite different is post one thread each 3 months...
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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Imagine Patchou starts a T&T thread in French, what would happen then?
He spams sometimes, same do we
for example, (and i don't want to criticize patchou, i agree on his behaviour): I've seen patchou posting in french (without any translation) in threads outside T&T. Sometimes he was answering a french person who asked something about plus, but some other times, he was just following a conversation (topic) not related to plus.
did anyone complain? no.
as said before, imo, we shouldn't be so strict about the language and focus more on other more important things (like (true) spamming, etc...)
btw, this rule:
quote:
Subjects: The subject line of a thread should be descriptive, not something like "I need help." If a certain subject has already been discussed, making a new thread about it is discouraged. Please browse or search the forums before posting a thread.
i've seen lots of threads with a totally non-descriptive subject and that's a thing that annoys me because next time i see the thread i dunno what it is about. And noobody says anything about that. and that rule is sa valid as the language one so...
well, with this i don't mean I want that rule to be strictly aplied, I can sleep well being it like it's now.
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