Re: Thoughts on the group
"Justin" <tzuqris-/[email protected]> Sun, 15 May 2011 04:17:35 -0000
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--E5bR8KnGBwQgfCKLrArrcw9YlZiNBJ-W7KISTXN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unfortunately that change does seem to be the best way to go about it.Other= languages flying about would make a list such as this very difficult to mo= derate. Not to mention reducing the likelihood of relevant conversations.=20 --- In [email protected], Willie Pierce <knightwalkr@...> wrote: > > The thing is though a lot of the real developers of blender have English = as a second language or not at all. Though I don't speak any other languag= es I don't think it's fair to limit in that way. >=20 > Marines wear shirts that say things like "pain is weakness leaving the bo= dy." >=20 > The Army wears shirts that say "the Bahamas." >=20 > Coincidence in think not. >=20 > Willie Pierce > Pls excuse any spelling errors sent from iPhone. >=20 > On May 14, 2011, at 5:59 PM, "Yahoo - Euler" <euler_ar@...> wrote: >=20 > > Fabiano's true, I use Outlook for e-mail. By sending this email to vari= ous groups about the theme UFO, ended sending to the Blender group unintent= ionally. > >=20 > > Excuses for all > >=20 > > Euler de Assis > >=20 > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > > From: Fabiano Cerqueira=20 > > To: [email protected]=20 > > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:59 AM > > Subject: Re: [Blender] Thoughts on the group > >=20 > > The guy wrote in portuguese. After taking a look at the other groups > > addressed in his message, they're all video/graphics related. So I don'= t > > think he meant to spam the group. It seems to me he didn't catch that t= his > > is a English language group, or he's willing to participate and he just > > doesn't known English. > >=20 > > I agree with the suggestion. It should be clear in group's rules that t= he > > posts must be in English only. > >=20 > > By the way, in my opinion, the post is not Blender related. > >=20 > > For now, moderators should warn the guy to not post non English message= s > > again. > >=20 > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:54 AM, <makeanote@...> wrote: > >=20 > > > Thanks for the email - I think it's been difficult with some Spanish = posts > > > that have 'Blender' words to know what the exact context is. Having a > > > restriction to English might help - but unsure if this needs to be wr= itten > > > into the 'rules of the group' > > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > It really seems to me like this UFO message is not related at all t= o > > > > Blender or even art, it doesn't help that there is no English in th= e > > > > entire message. So is it spam? And is it objectionable to require > > > > English language somewhere in posts? I would like to know what you = guys > > > > think about the list and what changes would be best to make. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Community email addresses: > > > Post message: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > > > List owner: [email protected] > > > > > > Shortcut URL to this group's page: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Blender > > > > > > and in case you've forgotten: > > > http://www.blender3d.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > >=20 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >=20 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >=20 > >=20 >=20 >=20 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > --E5bR8KnGBwQgfCKLrArrcw9YlZiNBJ-W7KISTXN Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p>Unfortunately that change does seem to be the best way to go about it.Other languages flying about would make a list such as this very difficult to moderate. Not to mention reducing the likelihood of relevant conversations. <br> <br> --- In <a href="mailto:Blender%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>, Willie Pierce <knightwalkr@...> wrote:<br> ><br> > The thing is though a lot of the real developers of blender have English as a second language or not at all. Though I don't speak any other languages I don't think it's fair to limit in that way.<br> > <br> > Marines wear shirts that say things like "pain is weakness leaving the body."<br> > <br> > The Army wears shirts that say "the Bahamas."<br> > <br> > Coincidence in think not.<br> > <br> > Willie Pierce<br> > Pls excuse any spelling errors sent from iPhone.<br> > <br> > On May 14, 2011, at 5:59 PM, "Yahoo - Euler" <euler_ar@...> wrote:<br> > <br> > > Fabiano's true, I use Outlook for e-mail. By sending this email to various groups about the theme UFO, ended sending to the Blender group unintentionally.<br> > > <br> > > Excuses for all<br> > > <br> > > Euler de Assis<br> > > <br> > > ----- Original Message ----- <br> > > From: Fabiano Cerqueira <br> > > To: <a href="mailto:Blender%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a> <br> > > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:59 AM<br> > > Subject: Re: [Blender] Thoughts on the group<br> > > <br> > > The guy wrote in portuguese. After taking a look at the other groups<br> > > addressed in his message, they're all video/graphics related. So I don't<br> > > think he meant to spam the group. It seems to me he didn't catch that this<br> > > is a English language group, or he's willing to participate and he just<br> > > doesn't known English.<br> > > <br> > > I agree with the suggestion. It should be clear in group's rules that the<br> > > posts must be in English only.<br> > > <br> > > By the way, in my opinion, the post is not Blender related.<br> > > <br> > > For now, moderators should warn the guy to not post non English messages<br> > > again.<br> > > <br> > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:54 AM, <makeanote@...> wrote:<br> > > <br> > > > Thanks for the email - I think it's been difficult with some Spanish posts<br> > > > that have 'Blender' words to know what the exact context is. Having a<br> > > > restriction to English might help - but unsure if this needs to be written<br> > > > into the 'rules of the group'<br> > > ><br> > > ><br> > > ><br> > > > > <a href="mailto:Blender-owner%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a> wrote:<br> > > > ><br> > > > > It really seems to me like this UFO message is not related at all to<br> > > > > Blender or even art, it doesn't help that there is no English in the<br> > > > > entire message. So is it spam? And is it objectionable to require<br> > > > > English language somewhere in posts? I would like to know what you guys<br> > > > > think about the list and what changes would be best to make.<br> > > ><br> > > ><br> > > > ------------------------------------<br> > > ><br> > > > Community email addresses:<br> > > > Post message: <a href="mailto:Blender%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a><br> > > > Unsubscribe: <a href="mailto:Blender-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a><br> > > > List owner: <a href="mailto:Blender-owner%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a><br> > > ><br> > > > Shortcut URL to this group's page:<br> > > > <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Blender">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Blender</a><br> > > ><br> > > > and in case you've forgotten:<br> > > > <a href="http://www.blender3d.comYahoo">http://www.blender3d.comYahoo</a>! 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