Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:46:24 +0300 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org>, vocativus <vocativus@interia.pl>, Don Hinton <don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: English only, please (was: Pooomooocyyyy ;() Message-ID: <cb5206420601161046q474cf617xb731f1857fe8275a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200601160121.k0G1LZNI005167@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <20060115230234.GX73071@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200601160121.k0G1LZNI005167@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On 1/16/06, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > On Sunday, 15 January 2006 at 16:49:27 -0600, Don Hinton wrote: > > > Hi Greg: > > > > > > On Sunday 15 January 2006 16:28, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > >> On Saturday, 14 January 2006 at 20:02:02 +0100, Karol Kwiatkowski wr= ote: > > >>> vocativus wrote: > > >>>> Witam! > > >>> > > >>> [...] > > >>> http://www.bsdguru.org/dyskusja/ > > >> > > >> As I said a couple of days ago, this is an English language list. I= n > > >> a case like this, it would be appropriate to *not* copy the list on > > >> the reply, despite the policy to the contrary. > > > > > > Where exactly does it say that this is an "english only" list? > > > > I suppose you have a point. It's implicit; it should be spelt out. > > At http://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html you have a > > choice of "Mailing Lists" or "Non-English Mailing Lists". -questions > > is under the former link; the Polish mailing lists are under the > > latter. At > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ > > there's a reference to an inability to speak English. But we should > > really do something about writing a charter that makes it clear. > > Anybody feel like having a go? > > I don't really mind someone posting a question in another language as > long as they realize that most of us will not be able to respond to it. > Often enough, I think, there are others out there who can handle that > language and they can respond. Hopefully they will not turn it is to > a long running exchange on list in some other language. > > Now, if someone posts a question in something besides English and then > begins to rant and flame people for not responding, then it is not > acceptable. But, just starting a question here in another language > is not so onerous. > > ////jerry Agreed. It's not that I don't see Greg's point, I just don't feel that a small percentage of foreign-language messages bring any harm to anyone. I think we'd be much better off if the proponents of such linguistical segregation devoted their time to eradicating real spam.
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