Petition for the owners to ban leet speak

[Skanky Burns]

But unlike 1337, it does not even impress 13 year olds.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
But unlike 1337, it does not even impress 13 year olds.

But it does impress some 23 year olds

[Arnelos]

I had to see why on god's green earth this thread was still alive at 4 pages...

Though I think this topic has already been talked to death, I'll add my two cents by agreeing with what has previously been stated on the topic regarding "who care?"...

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

What is this?

The Energizer Bunny of Spam threads?

[Asmodean]

In the light of recent posts in this thread, I hereby officially request that this thread be closed.

Asmodean

[St Leo]

shall|be(thread(this), open(forever), );

[Sarxis]

The 1337 speak isn't that prevalent.

When people start threads in all 1337 speak, then yeah, I hope those would be closed just like any other non-English thread.

[vovan]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
I hope those would be closed just like any other non-English thread.

Well, admitedly, I haven't read the forum rules, assuming they are just common-sense stuff about not flaming, insulting, abusing, blah, blah, blah... So, question: if someone started a thread in a language other than english, could it be closed based on that, in accordance with the rules, or is there no such rule?

Or should that sentence be understood in a sense that you would like any non-English thread to be closed, as opposed to "any non-English thread will be closed"?

Just wondering, because wasn't there a series of threads in the OT in Finnish or something?

In general, it's an interesting question: whether the non-English threads should be prohibited... On the one hand, there is nothing wrong with them on the first sight. But on the other hand, a thread in a language none of the mods can understand would obviously post a feasible threat, since they would not be able to figure out if the posters actually break any posting rules about illegal materials, an insults, and such...

Any way, just wondering if there's an explicit rule against non-English threads?

[Skanky Burns]

Finnish threads are allowed based on the fact they existed before the language rule was put in place.

Spanish threads are allowed in the Spanish forum. No idea why.

Every other thread must be in English, lest the mods send it to an ignoble end.

[rah]

Pretty much sums it up.

[vovan]

Aha. So, I'm curious, just for historic purposes, when was the rule put in and why?

[DrSpike]

I would presume to stop a proliferation of foreign language threads on a predominantly english-speaking site.

[Skanky Burns]

That, and moderation is a pain when the moderators don't know a word of these other languages.

[vovan]

Right, so, pretty much, as I guessed in one of the above posts. Then I wonder, if leet speek qualifies as foreign language. I suppose not, since the english-speaking people can actually understand it, normally.

[Urban Ranger]

Of course it is a foreign language. It needs translation.