Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:34:27 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Foreign language posts (was: Pooomooocyyyy ;() Message-ID: <20060118010427.GD76105@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <54db43990601171038r33d706f0p6e19612110105e75@mail.gmail.com> References: <1965019375.20060111213647@interia.pl> <20060117180138.T52750@chylonia.3miasto.net> <54db43990601171038r33d706f0p6e19612110105e75@mail.gmail.com>
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--C94crkcyjafcjHxo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 17 January 2006 at 13:38:39 -0500, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 1/17/06, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> wrote: >> TO JEST ANGIELSKA LISTA MAILOWA. POSZUKAJ POLSKIEJ >> >> This is english mailing list, not Polish. >> > > Historically, this has not been an English-only list. Questions in > any language have been welcome on this list for the nine years that I > have subscribed. Why people suddenly believe this has become an > English-only list is a mystery to me. Perhaps one of you xenophobes > can explain it to me? Simple: you misunderstand. Over the eleven years I've been on this list, I've seen a handful of foreign-language messages. Everyone has prompted a "please write in English" response. > Why does it bother you so much to see someone post in a language you > cannot read? Why can't you just ignore it, just as you ignore other > questions that you aren't able to answer? It's a question of signal to noise ratio. It also doesn't help the sender as much as sending it to the correct list. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --C94crkcyjafcjHxo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDzZQbIubykFB6QiMRApWDAJ46Jg8CDeOy/995Nv7DYj11xPoU3wCgmxTJ DzQI4XNF6+/sPAKRljjw/Os= =dXpt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C94crkcyjafcjHxo--
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