... That's fair enough, and I can see why you wouldn't want that on the NG. ... To a far lesser extent, for the same reason you don't want flames, trolls and...
... over ... Force majeure. This is how things are being handled over on the land of the insane: http://brass.cream.org/archive/oct2004/msg00014.html Blessed...
... Indeed but it's also impolite IMO to comment on people's styles and standards of written communication (please see below). I'm pretty sure that used to be...
From: "martyse5" <martin@...> ... To hijack that and turn it around: are the moderators confident they can uphold their duties with respect to posts...
... for ... Ah, but we're not aiming for that. I'm not about to go around saying, "Oi, you, stop crossposting!", or reporting people to the moderators every 5...
... they can ... languages? ... documents to ... any ... With the number of Babelfish-style online translators about, would this necessarily be a problem? ...
... express ... A while ago, I wrote this to J2Rider: http://makeashorterlink.com/?W34325C69 Did I do wrong? He seemed to take it well enough (which is more...
... I don't know if it's "wrong" and if it turns out to be what a majority of folk want I'll go along with it. I just have issues about this because I have...
... Personally not, but I don't know what aspect of the SG allows me to reject a post because I didn't understand the language it's written in. ... will...
... Point taken. I would not, as a rule, comment on spelling/grammar errors - unless - and this is important- the level of them was such that it was impossible...
... reading, ... style guide ... We have this: "4) Off-topic posts (postings which, in the judgment of the moderators, are off-topic and/or will probably lead...
... sure ... Politely suggesting that someone might want to spellcheck, or follow standard posting conventions (and despite my contention that many tools...
... in. ... You can't effectively judge the post if you can't read the language. When in doubt, the practical, common-sense answer ought to win out over any...
On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:10:32 -0000, "martyse5" <martin@...> ... I would recommend that they create a Doctor Who group in a French-language hierarchy...
R. Dan Henry
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Oct 2, 2004 5:42 am
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:06:30 +1000, Glenn Langford ... Then shouldn't it say the robomod rejects "what it thinks is Spam". Then define Spam and say that if...
R. Dan Henry
danhenry@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:42 am
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:43:34 -0000, "bemli2003" ... Well... I guess that's why the proposal would change this six. Richard Daniel Henry danhenry@......
R. Dan Henry
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Oct 2, 2004 5:42 am
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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:59:48 -0000, "bemli2003" ... These discussion are often about linguistics, which is borderline on-topic there. Tolkien groups also...
R. Dan Henry
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Oct 2, 2004 5:54 am
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... I thought, but cannot find at the moment, that it is mandated that RADWM posts be in English (though of course we overlook the occasional bit of other...
... It isn't, at least not by the SG or charter. However, we had this discussion last year -- I brought it up -- and one of moderators at the time suggested...
... need ... If I understand him correctly, Glenn's alternative guide seeks to strengthen the ability to force a moderator's decision to be overturned. Under...
On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:10:18 -0000, "bemli2003" ... Which are not a substitute for fluency. Richard Daniel Henry danhenry@......
R. Dan Henry
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Oct 4, 2004 12:51 am
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... Thoroughly agree here. Judgements about whether a post is a flame or troll require more than the baseline translation capability provided by babelfish. If...
On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:33:01 -0000, "bemli2003" ... It forces a troll who wants to do this to create twice as many personas? And if any six genuine individuals...
R. Dan Henry
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Oct 4, 2004 6:16 am
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... Impossible, no. HUGELY time-consuming, yes -- particularly if a determined group of ne'er-do-wells decided to flood the group with non-English messages. It...
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