Article submission guidelines
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Having just reviewed and article that is entirely in arabic script, I double checked the article sumission guidelines, hoping to reference some guidance that the article should be written in English. Much to my surprise, the guidelines make no statement at all about this. I think they should, since most members will reject an article in any other language, usually with remarks that this is an English language site. It would be better if this were in the guidelines.
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Having just reviewed and article that is entirely in arabic script, I double checked the article sumission guidelines, hoping to reference some guidance that the article should be written in English. Much to my surprise, the guidelines make no statement at all about this. I think they should, since most members will reject an article in any other language, usually with remarks that this is an English language site. It would be better if this were in the guidelines.
Rob Graham wrote:
this is an English language site
people repeatedly claim this, however it is stated nowhere as far as I can see.
Rob Graham wrote:
I think they should
I don't. I do not mind seeing articles or posts in some other language; if that results in a better text, why "reject" it? :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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Rob Graham wrote:
this is an English language site
people repeatedly claim this, however it is stated nowhere as far as I can see.
Rob Graham wrote:
I think they should
I don't. I do not mind seeing articles or posts in some other language; if that results in a better text, why "reject" it? :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
Not sure I've seen it explicitly stated anywhere, but it has been implicitly stated. For example, when you post an answer in Quick Answers, you are told:
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If they expected people to post in different languages, they might have stated "Understand that others may not speak your language as their primary language". Sure, they may have said "English" just because that's what the majority of users speak, but it seems pretty obvious that everything is intended to be English based. As another example, the site is entirely in English (unless there's a language setting I don't know about). Maybe somebody from CP will clarify things explicitly, but for the time being it seems pretty obvious that articles and such should be in English.
Luc Pattyn wrote:
if that results in a better text, why "reject" it?
Perhaps CP wants to attract a certain target audience (English speakers), and allowing articles in other languages would lead to higher levels of "noise" (as percieved by those who speak only English). The more noise added, the more time is wasted, and the less that target audience may frequent CP. Anyway, those are just some ideas. I'd like to see it explicitly stated somewhere how to handle those who use non-English languages (e.g., let 'em be or disallow that behavior). Also, explicitly stating it somewhere would help to encourage or prevent non-English information.
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Rob Graham wrote:
this is an English language site
people repeatedly claim this, however it is stated nowhere as far as I can see.
Rob Graham wrote:
I think they should
I don't. I do not mind seeing articles or posts in some other language; if that results in a better text, why "reject" it? :)
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
Luc Pattyn wrote:
I don't. I do not mind seeing articles or posts in some other language; if that results in a better text, why "reject" it?
I don't mind neither, but it can be quite difficult to know if it is good/helpful/useful if you can not understand it :)
Regards. -------- M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.