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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 13, 2002
MaW, re: "(who's to say if a random post in a non-English language isn't hideously offensive if nobody in that thread apart from the poster can understand it?)",
That's not a special circumstance. It's equivalent to a hideously offensive English language posting on a thread no-one is looking at, i.e. not an immediate problem, and one which will be solved immediately if someone sees it and reports it. It's not a circumstance which can be used as an excuse for maintaining language restrictions.
And, personally, I'm glad the Subcom.'s out there, keeping everyone on their toes. There are a number of practices and features of the site which I miss since it went over to the BBC, but I just don't have the energy to mention them as often as may be warranted. 
1 February 2002: URLs Allowed in Postings for a One-month Trial
The H2G2 Editors Posted Mar 21, 2002
FYI: F77636?thread=173132
One step at a time... 
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