Re: The Harm of hard-wrapping Lines

In article <t670715drc0bclj3ku64pjfqr9j0atfs7l@xxxxxxx>,
Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>by convention, groups not prefixed with a national identifier such as
>de, fr, etc are considered to be english language groups unless their
>charter states otherwise. As with any unmoderated group, there's
>nothing to enforce this except common sense.

I use a completely different convention. My convention is this:

If someone posts in a language other than English in a
newsgroup that is not specifically chartered for English, then
that person is restricting the number of people who are likely
to have the time and knowledge to answer them. One might advise
them of this, but one should otherwise leave them alone [unless
one can answer.]

The situation is no different than if you are in a bus/ train/
airplane and nearby people start talking in another language.
If they aren't obviously trying to include you, then
they aren't talking to you. Which is fine, considering that
most threads pretty quickly turn into one person talking to
another person without a care as to whether anyone else is
paying attention.
--
Oh, to be a Blobel!
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