Concerning rule A33

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Originally Posted by Garion

Do you think Moderators spend ALL of their time Moderating or something? Not all of their time on this Forum is work, so adding a little extra work wouldn't effect them hugely.
Think of it this way - once the rule change died down, you would get a maximum of five people a day posting in a foreign language (probably a lot less) on the basis that it takes approximately 2 minutes (and that's a slight extension on time too) to copy and paste text into a translator and then compare it with English, that's an extra ten minutes onto their work load. It's also important to note that with a Moderation team of 18 strong, it seems unlikely that one single Moderator will have to deal with all of the posts in a Foreign language.
When I was a Super Moderator, I would have been happy to check that the English translation of a sentence / paragraph someone posted on the Forum matched the one that came up in a translator.

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By pointless I meant the need to post in different laguages is POINTLESS.

Habboxforum is english language for a reason - Most/if not everyone speaks english therefore there is no need to speak in a different language unless it is to insult people without them knowing which is avoiding the rules.

Your points are valid and I agree about the moderators however why do users need to speak in non english languages on an english forum apart from for avoiding rules.

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Originally Posted by Favourtism

By pointless I meant the need to post in different laguages is POINTLESS.

Habboxforum is english language for a reason - Most/if not everyone speaks english therefore there is no need to speak in a different language unless it is to insult people without them knowing which is avoiding the rules.

Your points are valid and I agree about the moderators however why do users need to speak in non english languages on an english forum apart from for avoiding rules.

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I'll be quite honest - on HxF, if people are going to break rules they're going to go ahead and do it rather than disguise it in a foreign language :rolleyes:.
The rule sprung up after one isolated incident (as far as I am aware) and it seems stupid that it did. I agree, it doesn't seem like there is much point in being able to post in another language but members see it as an inhibition of their rights. If they want to post in another language, if the moment takes them and they want to say "BONJOUR, J'E M'APPELLE GARION etc" then why shouldn't they be able to? It's stupid that you would want to post in another language (unless you needed help in it or w/e) but it's equally stupid that you're not allowed to.

Hmm good comeback ;) +rep

Basic lagnuage like that you just said should be allowed since nearly every school I know teaches Spanish and French and I know them/.

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Originally Posted by Favourtism

Hmm good comeback ;) +rep

Basic lagnuage like that you just said should be allowed since nearly every school I know teaches Spanish and French and I know them/.

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You're allowed basic language like bonjour and ciao, but you couldn't write an extended French piece or whatever.

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Originally Posted by Garion

The rule should be changed to this:

A33. Do not post on the forum using a different language unless you post the English translation alongside it.

Yeah I know, people could swear and everything in a foreign language and then not bother to translate it properly, but at least it's a compromise x).

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Agreed.

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Originally Posted by Royce

We could talk in another language, but all users can understand because it will have the English next to it, if the user doesn't post the English with it they get infracted.

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Thats a nice add on too Garion's point.

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Originally Posted by ---MAD---

I think the rule still applies even if you talk welsh or whatever other official language in the UK mainly because the moderators and admins are all english speakers/readers and it would be far too hard to hire a mod for each language spoken in the uk and it is unnecessary.

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As Garion has said in the quote below it would take less than one minute to copy and paste into an online translator.
It would be unnecessary too hire new moderators to moderate a different language if you enforce the rule that Garion has made up as the translation would be there, also if you add Royce's little point to it then it would be easier to Moderate.

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Originally Posted by Garion

if a Moderator can't be bothered to copy and paste some text into a translator and then check it against the English translation provided by the poster (which would take about a minute), then the Forum's Moderation is even worse than many people consider it already.

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Originally Posted by Garion

When I was a Super Moderator, I would have been happy to check that the English translation of a sentence / paragraph someone posted on the Forum matched the one that came up in a translator.

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The forum needs more Mod's like Garion.

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Originally Posted by Favourtism

By pointless I meant the need to post in different laguages is POINTLESS.

Habboxforum is english language for a reason - Most/if not everyone speaks english therefore there is no need to speak in a different language unless it is to insult people without them knowing which is avoiding the rules.

Your points are valid and I agree about the moderators however why do users need to speak in non english languages on an english forum apart from for avoiding rules.

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No it is not pointless, I'm pretty sure that most or even all of the Welsh members on this forum can speak/read Welsh and if they are planning on studying it at GCSE or A Level then it would benefit them (In all Welsh Schools it is compulsory for students upto and including year 9 to take part in Welsh lessons), also I have many English friends that would love to be able to speak Welsh.
If I wanted to insult someone that could not speak Welsh I would post it in a language they do understand, and if they did understood Welsh then they would be able too report the post with an accurate translation of it then a Moderator could check it with an online translator.

Lol, they won't ever remove that rule. Stupid, I know.
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=394942

nor sure why they dont hire specalised language moderators or dare i ask... are the Managment biased towards english speaking countries

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

Lol, they won't ever remove that rule. Stupid, I know.
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=394942

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I'm not asking them to remove the rule, just too re-write it so all the official UK languages can be spoken on the forum.

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Originally post by Lycan
nor sure why they dont hire specalised language moderators or dare i ask... are the Managment biased towards english speaking countries

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They do not need to hire specalised language moderators, just moderators that can be bothered too spend an extra minute of their time to copy & paste the few sentences into a translator.

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Originally Posted by Cwmbran

I'm not asking them to remove the rule, just too re-write it so all the official UK languages can be spoken on the forum.


They do not need to hire specalised language moderators, just moderators that can be bothered too spend an extra minute of their time to copy & paste the few sentences into a translator.

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Tell me what the point is? Why would anybody want to speak in another language on here? What demand would there be?

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

1. Tell me what the point is?
2. Why would anybody want to speak in another language on here?
3. What demand would there be?

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1. I for one would love to be able to post in my first language I'm sure that others would like to post in other British languages. It would also benefit anyone that is trying to learn/study the language as they could practice it without doing it the boring way and spending hours reading through a book.
2. Why wouldn't they want to speak in another British language?
3. A language is not a product, therefore there would be no demand for this item.