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17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system Posted Mar 17, 2004
...as opposed to "the e-book"... 
My mum actually has the whole of the OED in one very very big volume. In very very small print. On very very thin paper. 
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Jab [Since 29th November 2002] Posted Mar 17, 2004
Wonder if in a 1000 years the the French will just say weekend.
I could not read the post from aka, it was all in foreign. 
Does leave a question, will even single sentences, 'tourist speak' be removed?
Nice to parley though. 
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Mar 17, 2004
I doubt it, the French govt is trying to remove all those englishy words from the language altogether.
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Mar 17, 2004
Christ not the French goverment trying to remove English words from the language, now where in big trouble!
More Tea anyone and how about some muffins?
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
E G Mel Posted Mar 17, 2004
Starbucks has arrived in Paris, together with McDonalds they will have the French speaking American before we know it Actually that sounds like a nightmare 
Mel 
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation Posted Mar 17, 2004
Tout à fait, it 'was' a glitch in the Matrix that caused the arrivée retardative. I had one too...
Whoami? 
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Mar 17, 2004
right i'm off to work at the post office and i'll see everyone later
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Mar 17, 2004
There are strange things afoot.
*climbs out of Jodhpurs and into Pyjamas, while peering from his Bungalow window*
Well, should we Parlez with the PTB, and ask them to be a little laissez-faire with moderation. I think it would be rather bad if they used carte-blanche to moderate, especially where foreign words are used.
I mean, if I go on holiday with my caravan, with friends, and form a Posse down the M5, before stopping for an A la Carte dinner, then will I get moderated?
Maybe it will be me, the thingites et al!
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system Posted Mar 17, 2004
As I've already said, I don't see how TPTB can unanimously declare that any particular kind of content "is very likely to be removed" (or whatever the phrase used was) without reverting to automatic post-moderation.
Otherwise, we're safe as long as nobody comes along and challenges us (with the Yikes button) - and whatever the policy, I think the mods would soon get tired of dealing with some vigilante flagging everything with a whiff of foreignness if there was no reason to think it had broken any other rule. There are rules against overuse of the Yikes system, after all...
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Mar 17, 2004
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*Gets ready to run because of that and question to follow...*
So is txtspch considered a non-English language?
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Noggin the Nog Posted Mar 17, 2004
Not non-English, but Unenglish.
I wonder if you could produce that particular nuance in a different language?
Noggin
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Mar 17, 2004
Does that mean then that we can type in any unintelligable dialect provided it is based on English?
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Noggin the Nog Posted Mar 17, 2004
No.
UnEnglish is a *lot* worse than merely non-English.
Noggin
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Mar 17, 2004
Oh?
What about F19585
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
AK - fancy that! Posted Mar 17, 2004
ajn eajrhmaoeh. arhiiaergjmj. arnhinaiehaoah! aerjh! gja! gjgja!!!! ghd oekas pthjgho as jgor bvmot gjgo sgteo? jgos vmsgo kkglsea.
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Mar 17, 2004
Ooops, I meant:
/F19585?thread=190857?thread=&skip=0&show=20
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
AK - fancy that! Posted Mar 17, 2004
Does that last post count? would stuff like that be moderated?
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Mar 17, 2004
Curses (Zut!)
I /think/ I meant:
135?thread=1359585/thread/190857" >F19585?thread=190857&latest=1
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Number Six Posted Mar 17, 2004
If you're thinking of Cornish, you can get knotted...
17 March, 2004: Recent Moderation Difficulties
Noggin the Nog Posted Mar 17, 2004
F19585?thread=190857
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
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- 41: IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system (Mar 17, 2004)
- 42: Jab [Since 29th November 2002] (Mar 17, 2004)
- 43: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Mar 17, 2004)
- 44: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Mar 17, 2004)
- 45: E G Mel (Mar 17, 2004)
- 46: Whoami - iD dislikes punctuation (Mar 17, 2004)
- 47: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Mar 17, 2004)
- 48: MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. (Mar 17, 2004)
- 49: IMSoP - Safely transferred to the 5th (or 6th?) h2g2 login system (Mar 17, 2004)
- 50: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Mar 17, 2004)
- 51: Noggin the Nog (Mar 17, 2004)
- 52: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Mar 17, 2004)
- 53: Noggin the Nog (Mar 17, 2004)
- 54: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Mar 17, 2004)
- 55: AK - fancy that! (Mar 17, 2004)
- 56: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Mar 17, 2004)
- 57: AK - fancy that! (Mar 17, 2004)
- 58: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Mar 17, 2004)
- 59: Number Six (Mar 17, 2004)
- 60: Noggin the Nog (Mar 17, 2004)
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