Re: which language must be used in comp.*

Jack Hamilton (jfh@acm.org)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:45:15 -0700

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I'm no longer involved in the maintenance of the sci.med.aids FAQ, and the
question wasn't specifically addressed in the FAQ, but the practical answer
was this: Any language which at least one of the moderators could read and
understand was acceptable. English was preferred, but if a posting came in
French (for example), I would send an informal translation to the other
moderators, and we would decide whether it met the other posting
guidelines. My translation would not be posted, just the original text.
Other people would handle Spanish, German, and Dutch, which were the only
languages we ever received postings in (English, French, and Spanish are
the official languages of the three countries in North America, so they're
not surprising; I'm not sure why we occasionally received postings in Dutch).

I'd be surprised if there's a general rule saying that postings in a
hierarchy must be in a particular language - that wouldn't fit well with
the general principle that newsgroups are self-governoring. An individual
newsgroup might have a language restriction in its charter, but it doesn't
sound like that's the case here.

At 07:15 PM 8/27/99 +0200, roussin@cybercable.fr wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am the FAQ maintainer of comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, there is a
>question which appeared several times in this newsgroup : which
>language can be used in the newsgroup ?
>
>I always thought that english was the official language of comp.*,
>rec.*, etc... The use of other language in the newsgroup is fine with
>me if there is a translation or a resume in english (a question of
>politness for me, to allow all readers to understand the message).
>
>But some people want/can't only use their primary language, some
>other states that I have not a proof of what I states (english official
>language, resume or translation when other language used).
>
>So what's the final answer (links to a document stating this answer
>are welcomed) ? What is done in the newsgroups where you are
>FAQ maintainer ?
>
>

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Jack Hamilton
Sacramento, California
jfh@acm.org

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