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WolfQueen:
A lot of vulgar words in different languages are vague when translated in English (certain Spanish dialects being a strong example) so using an online translator in order to moderate an international board wouldn't be a good idea. Urban Dictionary is also an American-based website afaik so it doesn't really have a lot of slang in languages compared to English.

I once mentioned in a thread like this that ChickenSmoothie has an international board that isn't too chaotic. Pretty much everyone there follows the rules and there are many mods that are also bilingual on that site. The FeralHeart forums is a little different from that though.

Overall I see no harm in having an international board. Sure yeah moderating will be difficult but that doesn't mean that there will be cussing and vulgar language the second a board like this is made here. I never moderated a forum though so I'm not 100% certain LOL

Jango_Fett:
just to be brief since i actually don't really need to type much in response


why did none of you just ask for clarification as to what the OP of the thread wanted to do
and then move the thread accordingly

Ame88:
Quite frankly, I'm all for the idea only if the necessary requirements are met. I would love to have a board for all our fellow FeralHeart players who speak a different language, but I don't want something so great to have a terrible start (to then be taken down) due to the lack of ability to give it proper care. To that, I say not to force something like this. (Not trying to say any of you are.) As said prior to this post, it would need fluent speaking staff (or "mini-staff") to be able to monitor that board daily. It's a big job that takes time and dedication.

Commenting very quickly on what Jango, Scal and Nynx are talking about, perhaps all that confusion of weather one is getting a "slap to the face" or "sternly corrected," could be eased by explaining a little more as to why a thread was locked when going through the process of locking it. Whenever I have to tell someone why I'm removing something or trying to enforce rules of any sort wherever I am, I ALWAYS try to explain everything to them so they don't feel as if they're being silenced, put down, or whatever else. Even after I explain everything, I ask if they have any questions so I can explain to them whatever they want to know. Communication is important, as is understanding why something is done. I've personally never felt as if Staff were being rude or rather silencing towards our non-English speakers, but simply doing their job on keeping the boards as neat and kept as possible. It's a hard job and sometimes they deal with being misunderstood, like this. After all, all members are always welcome to PM that staff member or another to ask them a question.

G4RG0YLE:
 Again, it's not and never will be an idea we're going to leave in the dark. We've had lots of in-depth discussion about the potential of this already so it is not something we ignore.
It might not be an instantaneous implement but it might be something for the future.

Being a little hostile for one won't quicken the process of it all by making example of staff actions and criminalising it all from one particular case.

Let's leave the discussion on that topic at that before things get out of hand as it seems to have already, given the passive-aggressive coming to rise.
The International Board idea is an idea to serve well for the community and those who struggle to speak english, not to target staff actions and point fingers with assumptions based on misunderstanding. Nynx has already justified what happened and now let's move on. Ame88 has also explained a few things perfectly.

illogicalFish:
I would be down for this, even as a person who only speaks English.

Many of the points stated by the staff and those who oppose really don't make sense towards me however. The game itself allows people to speak languages other than English and to my knowledge that isn't moderated at ALL. Especially since the moderators speak English and possibly 1 other language if we are lucky. The forums however doesn't allow it?

In the words of a certain commercial.. "Why not both?"

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