Warrigal comments on December 2009 Meta Thread - Less Wrong

6 Post author: CarlShulman 17 December 2009 03:41AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 December 2009 01:15:37AM *  2 points [-]

I'll repeat my suggestion that posts be able to have language tags (i.e. one tag that says "English", "Español", "Français", etc., automatically set to English for currently existing posts), and that there be an option under Preferences to filter posts by language (probably defaulting to English and, if applicable, the language of the region the user is connected from).

ETA: By "posts", I mean articles, not comments.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 19 December 2009 08:52:42AM 5 points [-]

Why would we want to fragment the discussion to multiple different languages?

Comment author: [deleted] 20 December 2009 07:51:47PM 1 point [-]

Huh, did I really use the word "posts"? I meant top-level posts, not comments.

Here's my analogous rhetorical question: why would Wikipedia want to spread its effort among multiple different languages rather than concentrating it on a single language?

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 20 December 2009 08:19:03PM 3 points [-]

Top-level posts is what I assumed you meant.

I feel there's some problem with the Wikipedia comparison, but am currently unable to formulate any satisfactory response. I'll think about it; if I don't get back to you, consider the point conceded.