policy of text not in english?

[PatboyX]

not the most pressing issue, now especially.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1293412&enterthread=y

that thread got me thinking. if i translate stuff, i could post anything becuase few people could read it. seems like a grey area of admin-ing.
is their an official policy?

 

[KingNothing]

If you post something that nobody can read, nobody's going to care. What language is that in your sig anyway? Babelfish couldn't handle it.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you post something that nobody can read, nobody's going to care. What language is that in your sig anyway? Babelfish couldn't handle it.

IIRC, The mods have issued warnings (or bans?) in the past for people saying things in German that they would not be allowed to say in English. I'm not sure what happens if something is posted in a language that none of the Mods know how to read, and I'm not sure that I want to test the idea myself. 😉

BTW, that looks like Latin to me. 😕

Semper ubi sub ubi! 😀

 

[Feanor727]

Yeah, it's latin and roughly translated is "Who will watch the watchers?

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you post something that nobody can read, nobody's going to care. What language is that in your sig anyway? Babelfish couldn't handle it.

it is latin.
it translates as either "who watches the watchmen" or "who guards the guardsmen"

it is a very famous saying. things such as that make sense to me, short quotes or phrases that are in their original language and are often recognized as what they are.

my question was simply about posting things that only some members can read but is nonetheless offensive.

 

[XeoBllaze]

Originally posted by: PatboyX

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you post something that nobody can read, nobody's going to care. What language is that in your sig anyway? Babelfish couldn't handle it.

it is latin.
it translates as either "who watches the watchmen" or "who guards the guardsmen"

it is a very famous saying. things such as that make sense to me, short quotes or phrases that are in their original language and are often recognized as what they are.

my question was simply about posting things that only some members can read but is nonetheless offensive.

Basically it's saying GOD... well on my belief 😀

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: XeoBllaze

Originally posted by: PatboyX

Originally posted by: KingNothing

If you post something that nobody can read, nobody's going to care. What language is that in your sig anyway? Babelfish couldn't handle it.

it is latin.

it translates as either "who watches the watchmen" or "who guards the guardsmen"



it is a very famous saying. things such as that make sense to me, short quotes or phrases that are in their original language and are often recognized as what they are.



my question was simply about posting things that only some members can read but is nonetheless offensive.

Basically it's saying GOD... well on my belief 😀

So, who watches god?

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: slick230
So, who watches god?

Or, who meta-meta moderates the meta-moderators? 😉

(I think that's a /. quote)

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: XeoBllaze

Originally posted by: PatboyX

Originally posted by: KingNothing

If you post something that nobody can read, nobody's going to care. What language is that in your sig anyway? Babelfish couldn't handle it.

it is latin.

it translates as either "who watches the watchmen" or "who guards the guardsmen"



it is a very famous saying. things such as that make sense to me, short quotes or phrases that are in their original language and are often recognized as what they are.



my question was simply about posting things that only some members can read but is nonetheless offensive.

Basically it's saying GOD... well on my belief 😀

i tend to take it a little closer to home. i think its pretty apt for the somewhat spotty ways in which the moderators here dish out bans, etc.
although, i put it in more referring to all authority figures (ie😛olice...not so much the gods)
...its just nice that it fits well here.