Remove This Rule.

[DJ-Sunshine]

I dont think its fair that not all people can use their language on the forum.
There should be subforums for people wanting to use another language at least.

[darkchicken101]

Is it that hard to check one of these sites?

http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
http://www.google.com/translate_t

I think that all-foreign language posts shouldn't be allowed, but if it was just a sentence in an otherwise English post, it should be allowed.

[Paulio]

Is it that hard to check one of these sites?

http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
http://www.google.com/translate_t

I think that all-foreign language posts shouldn't be allowed, but if it was just a sentence in an otherwise English post, it should be allowed.

Yeah but why should we have to do that lol, wouldn't it be easyer for them just to speak English (as this is an English forum).

Maybe it should be allowed in the spam forum so people can have fun with it?

[A4AOwen]

I think your right and this rule should be removed. Posting in other languages is if anything educational. If your in doubt there are thousands of translation websites that the moderators can use, and to be hounest most users post compliments in other languages, not harsh things.

[Yoshimitsui]

It's in place becuase members used to post inappropriate things on the forum aimed at others, of which no one can actually tell what they are saying. No one should have to tolerate that then feel they have to go look it up to prove it.

Also, if one person does it, others will aswell, creating big convosations in a language that is not understandable and is hard to monitor and Moderate. This rule does not apply in the languages forum as thats the only place you should need to speak it, as this is an english/American based fansite.

[J1MI]

There is not one single reason to post anything in another language on this English forum.

When this rule didn't exist, there were many many infractions given out to members who thought they were getting one over on the system by swearing or insulting other members in a different language. It's not a case of lazyness as translating takes what four clicks of a mouse? We're trying to cut down on infractions given out, since having this rule in place, member know they can't post in another language so therefore won't try to get away with rule breaking.

[Neversoft]

How come you can post in other languages in subforums then? I stick by what I said and still think this is a pretty stupid rule. If you're not going to remove it atleast reverse Jonathan's infraction and allow us to post in different languages at certain times and in certain situations.

[The Professor]

While i can see why the rule is in place, I think there should be a bit of leniancy on the moderator's part. The example above seems extremely harsh. As has been said above, if whole threads are in a different language, move or close them because its impossible to moderate, but a sentence in a positively themed thread isn't going to kill anyone. Even if it was insulting, if no-one can understand it it isn't going to affect anyone is it?

[J1MI]

I agree that siutation was a tad harsh and an edit would have sufficed, the warning has now been reversed. However, this rule will not be removed because of the reasons i stated above.

[Dentafrice,]

I have like 12.