On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 10:19:38AM -0800, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Raquel wrote: > > > >> Besides, why is someone criticizing someone's use of the English > >> language on a multi-national list. > > > > Because this is an English-only list. No other languages permitted. > > You're expected to know this before posting. > > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct > > the code of conduct didn't say anything about having a perfect grasp of > English before posting, which I think was Raquel's point. > > Being a multi-national list means that there might be foreign speakers > who don't master the English language as well as you. Are you saying > that aren't allowed to post (in English, mind you)? > Of course, just reading some of the posts makes it clear that not everyone is a native speaker of English. Many who are not are aware of that fact preface questions or comments with a statemtent to that effect.
On the rare ocassion where someone doesn't realize that this is an English-only list, those of us who speak the language of the individual will usually step up, try and provide a solution and then direct the individual to the appropriate list for discussions in that language. Of course, we may want to consider changing the name of the list to debian-user-english, so that the name matches the pattern of all the other language-specific lists and to minimize the confusion of people posting here in a different language. Of course, I don't think the problem is *that* bad. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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