Hello folks,
I fear, this topic is blown up here too much, as well some people have (deliberately??) misunderstood what I wanted to say.
So, I ask you to switch on Common Sense !
I say, the site is o. k. as it is. English is the language of this site. Nobody has ever doubt this. Nobody ever screamed for a multi-language forum. Nobody ever wanted to change the fact, that the language of this site is English.
I said, that on occasions I will use German, when writing a comment under a photo of a fellow German shipspotter. Same is done on occasions by French and Dutsch, for an example.
I would understand the fuzz, if the site was full of comments in other language, so it would be confusing.
I watched, and what I notice now is following: 99% of language used, in comments, forum, everywhere is English. Only very little of comments in other language. I also watched my comments, and same there, 99% English.
I think, it should - asking your Common Sense - be possible, to show 1% tolerance to the very few comments in other languages. Let the site stay, as it is.
Also, I am wondering, how many percent of members complaint about the 1% of foreign language comments ?
To sum up - would be nice if the site stays, as it is, simply, including 1% tolerance :-)
P. S. I doubt that some of the English here can even imagine how much of tolerance it does need, when you are writing in English - but in some sort of slang which is impossible to understand if you're not from the same ghetto.