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- From: bgeerdes@igs.com (Bruce Geerdes)
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- Message-ID: <1996Mar22.164506.17258@igs.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 16:45:06 GMT
-
- Harlan Messinger (gusty@clark.net) wrote:
- >Bruce Geerdes (bgeerdes@igs.com) wrote:
- >: For what it's worth, it is considered a breach of netiquette to post
- >: non-English posts to newsgroups that are not specifically chartered for
- >: that language.
- >Does the charter for THIS group specify English?
-
- Not that I know of.
-
- >I think it's the height of arrogance to suggest that one
- >particular language alone is proper in the absence of specific
- >authorization of any other.
-
- That's the internet for you. :) I'm not making the rule up, just passing
- along what I thought was common knowledge.
-
- >Why would netiquette single out the speakers
- >of one language for preferential treatment?
-
- Because we were here first. :)
-
- >Why would netiquette single
- >out the non-speakers of one language for exclusion from the broad range
- >of Internet facilities that the speakers of that language are able to
- >take for granted?
-
- So you would rather everyone of every language post to this newsgroup
- instead of, say, creating specific language groups? No one is being
- excluded from the internet. If a need for a French C++ programming group
- exists, one will be created. If, on the other hand, they want to reach
- the largest possible programming audience, they should probably post to
- this newsgroup, in English.
-
- >The implication is that people speaking privately
- >but within earshot have the responsibility to enable you to understand
- >what they're saying! This is sheer audacity. And what you are calling
- >netiquette is just as much so.
-
- Sorry you don't like it. As I said before, I did not make it up. Maybe
- the "English by default" rule no longer applies. A lot has changed since
- I first started using the internet.
-
- I personally do not believe that English *should* be the default because
- it's superior or anything. It's just worked out that way. I do see the
- benefit of having a default language, however. It helps the world
- communicate. If you want to go to the trouble of defining a new, more
- deserving, default language, say Latin or Esperanto, go for it.
-
- >Where are all these charters anyway? rtfm somewhere?
-
- I don't know. (Input for someone who knows anything about this would be
- appreciated!)
- --
- bgeerdes@igs.com (Bruce Geerdes)
-