On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 01:13:41PM +0200, seth wrote: > Hi and 'gudn tach'! > > On Tue, June 29, 2010 12:37, Marcus Buck wrote: > > Andre Koopal hett schreven: > >> The solution we mostly take is to answer in dutch or swedish or > >> something :-) > >> > > Wow, how mature... Hoe durven ze geen Engels te spreken? > > > > If River Tarnell does not speak German and recommends using English if > > people want to get a quick answer from him without one of River's > > co-admins being interpreter, that's of course okay. But intentionally > > being unhelpful to people who in good faith use their native language > > (which in the case of German will be understood on this list) is just > > offensive and arrogant. > > On the other hand you could call someone offensive or arrogant (or at > least not-thinking-enough), if he uses his small native language in an > international project. > > Of course, in most cases none of them is really arrogant or maliciously > offensive. If someone replies in Swedish on a German request, one could > take it as nothing but a joke and a hint 'try using the common language, > please!', which mostly will be English, nowadays. > > iow: agf should hold for questioners _and_ repliers. :-) > > cheers/prost > seth
Indeed, that is just the intend, a friendly reminderr, and almost always working as such. Regards, Andre > > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l > Posting guidelines for this list: > https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
