On 1/16/06, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 wrote: > > >>> vocativus wrote: > > >>>> Witam! > > >>> > > >>> [...] > > >>> http://www.bsdguru.org/dyskusja/ > > >> > > >> As I said a couple of days ago, this is an English language list. In > > >> 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. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
