Author: KarinsDad
Date: 14:01:03 03/15/99
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On March 15, 1999 at 16:08:21, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On March 13, 1999 at 18:23:23, Charles Milton Ling wrote: > >>Speak Spanish all you like. I, at least, do not begrudge you your mother >>tongue! >>Charley (con amistad, if I got that right) > >I don't begrduge anyone their mother tongue either, but here is a reasonable >argument for requirings posts to be written in English. It is proferred as >something to consider, nothing more. > >This is a moderated forum. There is an expectation (implicit, if not explicit) >that the moderators will be able to understand what is being discussed. >Moderators are assumed to have adequate English ability to (more more than less) >understand the English postings that are made. > >Posting in other languages prevents a moderator that doesn't know that language >from assessing whether the post fails to meet the guidelines in the CCC charter. > AFAIK, the moderators take shifts (e.g. while all three moderators are always >able to moderate, one at a time will be "active" for perhaps two weeks, and they >all rotate within the duty cycle.) So even if one moderator knows e.g. German, >that moderator might not be visiting every day to check all of the posts in >German to see if there are any posts that do not measure up to the CCC >guidelines. > >And perhaps people post in a language that none of the three moderators >understand. Now they will need outside help to do their job. > >Of course, we do need a language that everyone can communicate in. AFAIK, on >GambitSoft's site they use German, and here we use English. This isn't "the >best possible solution", or "the right way" amongst many wrong ones... but it is >more practical than ICD employing a universal translator. > >I'll take the time to note that I'm not suggesting that those who post in other >languages do so to avoid moderation. I'm just pointing out that a side effect >is to reduce the ability of the moderators to do their job quickly and easily. > >Ca va bien? :-) > >Dave Gomboc And another thing. Fernando. How can I parry and riposte your sharp opinion if I cannot read the message? KarinsDad :) :)
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