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08-07-2007, 03:03 PM
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 Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 153 Location: I'm a nomad  | Im going to agree about the language. I'm a moderator at SitePoint and there is a HUGE international community there. One of the rules is that you have to post in English so there is no chance someone doesn't understand what someone has written (as it could be offensive or just flat out bad advice). That is one thing I have adopted at my community too. It doesn't have to be English, but yes, you as the admin should know what is being said in your forum.  | ||||
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08-07-2007, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 700 Location: www.NewOniTunes.com    
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My perspective is based on the fellow is already getting the Italian traffic. If you don't mind translating or are bilingual or have a moderator you trust etc etc - then if you have a language-specific forum it might be worth looking into how to capitalize on the traffic. I haven't searched but perhaps there is a translation hack for the forum software such that an Italian specific forum could automagically post both the Italian and English translation .... Now really I am just playing devil's advocate ... I don't have the time for this sh*** either. 
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08-07-2007, 05:42 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,034 Location: Michigan, US  Recent Blog: Action figures and comics in SW:TOR?s future?
| If the Italian poster wants to post on the forum, he should be the one that has to translate it, not the members.
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08-08-2007, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 182 | I can't be too obtuse about that because this member has been contributing A LOT to my forum. So she's doing her part. I thought allowing her to post in both languages was a good compromise. About my other "overzealous" poster, I don't think she'll grow a brain overnight because she's been warned, or temporarily banned. This member really don't see how neurotic her posts are. Beside, if you ban someone because she is posting too often, what kind of message would that send the other members of your forum? Most of the time they don't know the history. They don't know you've been warning her several times. How do you guys feel about the "Miserable User" hack? | ||||
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08-08-2007, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA | I think the Miserable Users hack is a terrible idea...If you're going to do that, I don't see why you don't just ban the person. 90% of the time when you ban somebody, your members don't know the full story - I wouldn't ever *not* ban somebody simply because my members don't know why.
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08-09-2007, 01:40 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 700 Location: www.NewOniTunes.com
| I just ban. What's the point in faking it? So they just go away? They'll go away anyway if you ban them. You could also place the user in Tachy Goes To Coventry.
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08-09-2007, 02:20 AM
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10-03-2007, 11:00 AM
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I think that vBH-Advanced Thread Rules - vBulletin.org Forum may help a little. And finally, there is a Translate a single Post in a Popup w/bablefish - vBulletin.org Forum mod, but I have to agree with that: Quote:
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