From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 09:41:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8AD216A420 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:41:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 779B343D46 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:41:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k0G9fshx015063 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:41:54 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.7.138] (pinocchio.dyn.cs.washington.edu [128.208.7.138]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k0G9fssP001928 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:41:54 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <20060116022901.GN73071@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <1965019375.20060111213647@interia.pl> <43C94AAA.9070009@orchid.homeunix.org> <20060115222845.GV73071@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200601151649.31803.don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu> <20060115230234.GX73071@wantadilla.lemis.com> <43CAFAC9.8080401@daleco.biz> <20060116022901.GN73071@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <949AA320-463C-494A-B43C-2474BABCC625@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:42:55 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: English only, please X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:41:56 -0000 On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 15 January 2006 at 19:45:45 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: >> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> On Sunday, 15 January 2006 at 16:49:27 -0600, Don Hinton wrote: >>>> >>>> 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? >> >> A "virtual friend" of mine (Kiwi, but don't really know his name) >> has written this for a programming forum I frequent: >> >> " To those people for whom English is a foreign language, I can >> only offer this: English is - for better or worse - the /de facto/ >> /lingua Terra/. > > Hmm. I don't want to justify the choice of language, just state it. > It's an interesting document, but I don't think it's what we want. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. I think it would most likely be a better idea for people who speak other languages than English to post to other mailing lists. I don't form my opinion from an elitism point of view, but rather just recognize the fact that their problem or question would be answered more quickly by a community converses in their own native language as opposed to an English speaking community. -Garrett