My Lion King Forum

Well I understand the desicion to have english as the only language to be used in the Forums. But I do think that for those who are not primarily english speakers, it would be beneficial to have a seperate Forum maybe simply named "Other languages". Which itself could have sub Forums, maybe just start off with having the main european languages (French, German, Spanish, Italiain etc) and add more as necessary.

I just think that maybe sometimes alot of the registered new members, who are not very active maybe are having a hard time having to write in english. Myself I only speak english so it's not an issue on my behalf, even for those who are active here but whose first language isn't english I think it would be nice for them to have somewhere to speak their native language. Could also be good for those who would like to learn a new language too.

I know that the reason english is the only language used here is to do with acessability (unless there's some other more important reason, such as different laws in copywright and such in differen't countries). But i'm suggesting a board for non english speakers to use.

I'm also aware that it may seem contradictory to the rule, that english is the onlly language to be used here, but it states that it is in the main forums. So maybe could just add to that that all other languages are to be used in their respective sub-forums of the "Other Languages" forum

I'd like to hear anyone's opinion on this, wheter it be an agree, disagree or whatever. So what do yall think?

The main issue I see with this suggestion, all be it a good one, is that it would be extremely difficult to moderate over several forums and finding staff who speak multiple languages would probably be even more difficult to come by. I think, for the most part, the majority of the members here are fine with English and I don't think there is enough of a percentage of the actual active user base for MLK to even consider making multiple forums for various languages. While I think it's a neat suggestion, I just can't justify the need for it at this time. Plus, that would be a ton more work for poor Moka and I don't think that's something he really needs more of at the moment. lol. ^^ Just my two cents on the matter though.

The humor to me is the misspelling in the thread title. ^^

I think it's unnecessary. MLK is English-only and there's really never been an issue before with it. Other languages and nationalities really interest me, don't get me wrong. But what happens when this board or these threads begin to delve into fighting, bashing, suggestive material, etc. and there's no mod to do anything because no one knows, say, French? (Just as an example.) It would probably end up being more trouble than it's worth.

[quote]and I don't think there is enough of a percentage of the actual active user base for MLK to even consider making multiple forums for various languages.[/quote]
That's what I though, but right now there are 937 registered users, what is not deniable is that is alot of users. It's not asif the ones who don't speak English can tell us either .

Gota admit though you make a good point for the rest, I didn't take how much extra work would be required into consideration, especially when it comes to finding staff for the individual languages. Ah well, thanks for the quick response KM

[quote]The humor to me is the misspelling in the thread title. ^^[/quote]
I always frikin' do that! For the love of all that is holy, I swear every time I make a thread regarding launguages, I make a typo in the thread title that I always manage to miss.
xD 'Tis rather ironic isn't it? I'd like to blame it on my current level of tiredness, but I think i'll just grab my coat (and dunce hat) and walk out with my dignity

No worries my friend. ^^ Like I said, I really do think it's a good idea, just one that would be more burden than beneficial at the given time at least. ^^ Yes, there are a lot of registered users yet out of the actual active members, there's not a whole lot who seem to be limited due to the whole only English thing. ^^ It's hard to think that anyone who couldn't understand English, would actually join this forum after reading over it, but I suppose it's possible. ^^

[quote="KiarasMate"]The main issue I see with this suggestion, all be it a good one, is that it would be extremely difficult to moderate over several forums and finding staff who speak multiple languages would probably be even more difficult to come by. I think, for the most part, the majority of the members here are fine with English and I don't think there is enough of a percentage of the actual active user base for MLK to even consider making multiple forums for various languages. While I think it's a neat suggestion, I just can't justify the need for it at this time. Plus, that would be a ton more work for poor Moka and I don't think that's something he really needs more of at the moment. lol. ^^ Just my two cents on the matter though. [/quote]

^ That.

I agree... It's not really necessary. It would be (helluva) lot of work to organize and maintain, and very few people would use it. Great idea though I had the same idea for my forum but, as those before me said, it's just not worth it.

Yup, the reasons that this isn't really feasible have already been pointed out, and I'd like to add one more if I may; there are foreign language TLK forums existing all over the place if you look hard enough =)

Very true ^^ here's a Russian one :3 http://forum.nala.ru