Gargon667
Mentor
Now since the other post is closed can we start a somewhat more serious discussion of this?
Are you moderators (not calling names here) serious about this? Is it indeed impossible to have a non-english name here of this forum?
I am perfectly fine with speaking english here, but names? using a non-english name is not even the same as speaking a language different from English! So I don´t see it even falling under the forum rules at all! How do you feel about immigrants in real life? They speak perferctly good english but may have an Indian (or whatever non-english ethnicity) name? Is that worth censoring in your eyes?
Where do you draw the line? As has been pointed out half our names are non-english words, no matter if the language is made-up or an actual non-english language!
The same goes for FS names of course. All of them have clearly passed Innos filter (and game mods) in the game, why do you feel the need to beat down harder than Inno on a name, based on it´s language?
If a name is offensive then sure by all means delete it. But you can´t delete every word you don´t know just because it might be offensive! Lots of strings of letters are english words and still mean something offensive in another language btw. this action is so far blown out of proportion I have trouble knowing where to start!
I know there are forum rules, and you want them to be followed, but there is a difference between following the letter of a rule and following its intention. And btw, I think you have to bend the rule farther to make a name fit the rule than one has to bend it to not fit it.
By deleting the name of that FS from the post you have backed yourself into a corner, which it is hard to come out of without losing face, so I understand it won´t be easy for you, but I suggest you have an honest talk among yourselves on how you want it to be. Do you want to delete every foreign name forever? And much more importantly, do you really want to create a place where every little thing gets censored for whatever tiniest scratch on a rule? or can you instead of hiding behind rules use a brain to judge if something is actually causing trouble? yes that is harder, but I honestly believe there is no alternative to this. What do you think how many people will feel welcome here if their name gets deleted for not being English?
One more example: if any of you are sports fans: Which referee would you prefer in the EuroCup or in your own match with some friends? The one whose whistle never leaves his mouth, because there is always an idiot player who doesn´t know how to perform a throw-in according to the rule book or a referee who reads a game and uses his whistle as little as possible as in cases when it´s about a goal being scored falsely due to an offside? Now I can tell you from an amateur point of view which game is more fun to play, as well as which game is more fun to watch on the EuroCup, but I am sure you can figure it out yourself.
Now it really isn´t my place to tell all of you guys what your job is, I just hope you think about it. And then you come up with a plan on how to handle names on this forum and let us know, so we know how to behave, because right now I have not the slightest idea. I purposefully didn´t use my FS name as an example, so as not to cause you to delete this post. And I don´t even know if this is now smart to do or considered a joke.
Are you moderators (not calling names here) serious about this? Is it indeed impossible to have a non-english name here of this forum?
I am perfectly fine with speaking english here, but names? using a non-english name is not even the same as speaking a language different from English! So I don´t see it even falling under the forum rules at all! How do you feel about immigrants in real life? They speak perferctly good english but may have an Indian (or whatever non-english ethnicity) name? Is that worth censoring in your eyes?
Where do you draw the line? As has been pointed out half our names are non-english words, no matter if the language is made-up or an actual non-english language!
The same goes for FS names of course. All of them have clearly passed Innos filter (and game mods) in the game, why do you feel the need to beat down harder than Inno on a name, based on it´s language?
If a name is offensive then sure by all means delete it. But you can´t delete every word you don´t know just because it might be offensive! Lots of strings of letters are english words and still mean something offensive in another language btw. this action is so far blown out of proportion I have trouble knowing where to start!
I know there are forum rules, and you want them to be followed, but there is a difference between following the letter of a rule and following its intention. And btw, I think you have to bend the rule farther to make a name fit the rule than one has to bend it to not fit it.
By deleting the name of that FS from the post you have backed yourself into a corner, which it is hard to come out of without losing face, so I understand it won´t be easy for you, but I suggest you have an honest talk among yourselves on how you want it to be. Do you want to delete every foreign name forever? And much more importantly, do you really want to create a place where every little thing gets censored for whatever tiniest scratch on a rule? or can you instead of hiding behind rules use a brain to judge if something is actually causing trouble? yes that is harder, but I honestly believe there is no alternative to this. What do you think how many people will feel welcome here if their name gets deleted for not being English?
One more example: if any of you are sports fans: Which referee would you prefer in the EuroCup or in your own match with some friends? The one whose whistle never leaves his mouth, because there is always an idiot player who doesn´t know how to perform a throw-in according to the rule book or a referee who reads a game and uses his whistle as little as possible as in cases when it´s about a goal being scored falsely due to an offside? Now I can tell you from an amateur point of view which game is more fun to play, as well as which game is more fun to watch on the EuroCup, but I am sure you can figure it out yourself.
Now it really isn´t my place to tell all of you guys what your job is, I just hope you think about it. And then you come up with a plan on how to handle names on this forum and let us know, so we know how to behave, because right now I have not the slightest idea. I purposefully didn´t use my FS name as an example, so as not to cause you to delete this post. And I don´t even know if this is now smart to do or considered a joke.