As promised, Gerard has been unmoderated, FYI. A.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:56 AM Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote: > It's okay that some people disagree with this moderation action (others > agree, even if they do not say so on-list). This list is not moderated by > whole-list-consensus. > > I have provided the reason for moderation, without going into details. To > do so would be to invite drama, which moderation exists to reduce. The > reason is informed by more than one incident, and not necessarily focused > on cultural differences, as some assumed. > > Gerard will be unmoderated on March 1st. As always, he is (and other > moderated users are) welcome to submit posts to the list before then, and > if the posts are respectful and on-topic, they would be let through. > > A. > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:50 AM Rogol Domedonfors <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > There are words in other languages that have a rude, upleasant, > > disrespectful or pejorative meaning in British English. For an amusing > > list of examples, see the Oxford Dictionary blog at > > http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/02/words-that-sound-rude/ > > > > I presume that I'm entitled to be complain when they are used in email > list > > exchanges, even when those exchanges are being conducted primarily in > those > > other languages? > > > > Returning now to the subject of the thread, I have no problem with > Gerard's > > posts, even if I have not always found them easy to understand, and see > no > > special reason to restrict his access to this list. > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Same in French... > > > > > > > > > Le 13/02/2017 à 12:35, John Erling Blad a écrit : > > > > > >> It is common to refer to those that cooperated with the Nazis during > > WWII > > >> as "kollaboratører" (kollaborators) in Norwegian too. > > >> https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollaborat%C3%B8r > > >> > > >> Translating between languages are fun! =) > > >> > > >> John > > >> > > >> 13. feb. 2017 09.08 skrev "Jane Darnell" <[email protected]>: > > >> > > >> … The only disrespectful > > >> thing I could find in his recent edits was his remark that he is not a > > >> collaborator because his cultural heritage assumes "collaborators" are > > >> "nazis", which is offensive in English. I would like to point out here > > >> that > > >> the word collaborator really does mean nazi in Dutch. It's one of many > > >> translation challenges, so there is even a Wikipedia article that > spells > > >> it > > >> all out: > > >> https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboratie > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > >> i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > >> i/Wikimedia-l > > >> New messages to: [email protected] > > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > , > > >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
