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Originally posted by Tuberoller
Jude,If the idea here was to purge users or members, you have done so.This is a devisive issue on the level of politics and religion.before you make a final descision on this matter I think you should further explore ways to accomodate foreign head-fiers that will not infringe on the usefullness of the boards for english speaking head-fiers.There have been some good suggestions made here,some of them have to be good enough to implement.I only post to two forums, this one and a MARINES family board.I stay away from the ones that take on these issues because it tends to forever taint the atmosphere.Please try to avoid this. |
"...purge users or members...."? My opinion is that you're being far too dramatic.
And, yes, I have made a decision on it -- it's not going to happen until a practical solution is presented. It's not practical at this time. You think I do this for a living? Thought through carefully, the concept of simply opening an any-language forum is not that easy.
And still again:
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"If you think it's not important for the admin/moderators to know what's being said, consider for a second that moderators would not generally be able to recognize libel, commercial posts and ads, copyright infringement, racial slurs, or even just generally when a thread is getting out of control or off-topic." |
There are potential liability issues (however small) in running the site and not knowing or understanding what's being posted. I live in the U.S., man, and so do you. Litigious nation. It's a hobby, not my living.
I appreciate that this is one of the two forums you visit, man --it's your choice and I'm glad you made it (I mean this sincerely, as I enjoy your posts). But you're right in that it's choice -- I
choose not to go to forums that aren't in English, because I don't understand what's going on. English is the primary language here. I can't moderate what I don't understand. And there are just too many languages to come up with a practical solution to accomodate them all.
I would also like to recall an earlier post by Audio&Me:
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" I am full blooded Korean and I speak & write the language, however my vocabulary and grammar are very limited. Even if I knew my native language as well as I do english, it still doesn't make sense to be typing away in it @ head-fi. It should be common sense to interact in english as the entire website is clearly in english and do not see any multilingual options, so I figure most everyone here speakers english as their primary language. " |
If the practical components of this as I've presented them still don't sit will with you, than we'll continue to disagree on the matter. If I did this for a living, I might be willing to invest more to find other solutions. This place is expensive and time-consuming as it is.
Purge? C'mon, man. It isn't purging any more than I'm purged from forums in languages I don't read and write in.
Am I asking everyone to speak perfect English? No. Hell, I don't speak or write in the Queen's English. Does this mean that users can't use foreign quotes or proverbs, or type anything at all in a foreign language? No. But does it mean that I don't want to see threads like this in Head-Fi until we have a practical means of translating on the fly?
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...&threadid=7509
Yeah, that's what it means. And I don't think it's any more unfair than any other non-English forum and the extent to which I'd feel excluded -- again, I just don't go.