[TowerTalk] Spanish-language conversation on baluns, antennas

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

1) If this list hadn't take the backward step of making the only
    way one can reply to a message "reply to list," the private
    and non-English postings would not have to go to the entire
    list.

2) it is ridiculously simple to copy/paste a non-English e-mail
    into the "translate" box at http://www.google.com/language_tools
    if the moderator can not read a language and needs to determine
    whether the posting is "appropriate."

    Google does a more than adequate job of translation on many
    languages - even some that are rarely encountered by most
    English speakers.  I make regular use of the language tools,
    particularly for customer support.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 4/26/2010 1:11 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
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> How exactly do you or KT9OM expect Steve to moderate the list (and
> history has shown that he does indeed need to monitor the list for
> relevancy and decorum) if postings are in Spanish (or any other
> language)?  And I think it's pretty clear from his "shouted" posting
> that he had already previously asked for it to stop.  Everyone gets
> frustrated when they get ignored.
>
> So yes, it is pretty much an English only list, but you know darn well
> that it isn't restricted in any other way to USA only.  This issue has
> nothing at all to do with whether or not the users of the list speak one
> language or half a dozen.  The issue is whether it is fair to expect
> Steve to speak enough different languages to be able to monitor the
> list, or to run everything through an online translator.  Clearly it isn't.
>
> Dave   AB7E
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