Has there been any discussion of setting up a localization effort for MetaFilter, at least for UI and other site elements? If not, what do you think of the idea?
(My search-fu didn't turn up anything previous in the FAQ or MetaTalk.)
posted by Celsius1414
on May 7, 2013 -
56 comments
I'd like to have a discussion about use of the word
mansplain on this website. Man or woman, doesn’t matter, if you use a word that many people find offensive, they're going to tune out what you have to say. In conversations about gender relations, is the objective to create an atmosphere of mutual understanding, or is it to demonstrate the destructive power of gendered insults by consistently ignoring repeated requests to stop using a word that people feel unfairly defined by? Because those two objectives are not compatible.
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posted by gman
on Sep 5, 2012 -
536 comments
So, as a newbie (on here; rather older in real life) and as (currently) an Englishman, is "Metafiltered" an acceptable verb? e.g. "Spotted this great little news story so I Metafiltered it", or, like, are people going to start getting all OED on me if I do that?
posted by Wordshore
on Aug 8, 2012 -
93 comments
Does MeFi have a policy on non-English language posts? I thought it was odd to see a
post that only French-speaking members could really understand or participate in since no English translation of the poem was given.
posted by timsneezed
on Jun 17, 2012 -
152 comments
It's "Its". Mefites are unusually smart and literate people. It seems weird to me how often mistakes like this are made. Grocer's apostrophe, too. It's like everybody loses their minds when an "s" comes at the end of a word. What is with this?
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posted by Galaxor Nebulon
on Dec 8, 2010 -
301 comments
Yesterday,
this post about the Discovery hostage-taking was edited (with the poster's permission) by Matt. The main result of editing was to remove the term "batshit insane" and the batshitinsane tag. I have mixed feelings about this. Is the term so offensive (presumably, to sanity-challenged folks) as to be unusable? If so, should it even be allowed as a tag?
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posted by CCBC
on Sep 2, 2010 -
42 comments
Is it me, or has MeFi been infected with "honey" recently? It seems as though in the past week or so, every thread I go into has someone referring to another poster as "honey" or "hon" -- a term that I find startlingly condescending (with overtones of ageism and sexism, to boot).
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posted by obliquicity
on Sep 28, 2009 -
315 comments
I'm working on a post in which I'd like to use a certain article that provides useful and interesting background information, information I can't find anywhere else. Unfortunately this article is a PDF file... and in Spanish.
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posted by Rhaomi
on Feb 24, 2009 -
6 comments
I've seen a few comments recently claiming or intimating that "HURF DURF" originated here, and I would like to set the record straight on this extremely trivial matter.
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posted by DecemberBoy
on Aug 13, 2008 -
94 comments
Very short question. Why does it say 'X
new links' when most posts here don't have links? Shouldn't it say 'X new posts or X new flameouts/hugesexismthreads/podcasts'?
posted by Memo
on Nov 27, 2007 -
36 comments
Recently jessamyn rushed to edit the title of an
Ask Metafilter question, changing it from "Nice bag that isn't gay" to simply "Nice bag." Today, on
Metafilter, there is "It's harder than you think to differentiate between what's gay and what's High School Musical."
Why is one offensive, and one is not, if they both reference ideas that are generally accepted as being attractive to gay men?
posted by four panels
on Aug 24, 2007 -
75 comments
On
this question, brownpau claims that there is information missing from the original question. However, it's just that the words "[more inside]" are not displayed in the question's page. I've noticed this a few other times; a turn of the phrase that is meant to end in the [more inside] looks out of whack and, until I realize that it's happened again, appears to be have something missing.
Should [more inside] perhaps be placed inside the thread, as well, to lessen confusion, even though, technically, we're already inside?
posted by notsnot
on Aug 7, 2007 -
6 comments
One of the links in
this FPP references a
"digg-effected link." This is probably overly nitpicky and more a matter of curiosity than anything else, but would it be "digg-effected" or "digg-affected?" It's a link that fell prey to the "digg effect," but on the other hand it was "affected by digg." Thoughts?
posted by OverlappingElvis
on Aug 23, 2006 -
44 comments
MeFi: may-fee [mefi] or mee-fie [mifaɪ]? Mefite: mee-fight or may-fight? I was a little disconcerted at a meet-up to realise that some people pronounce these terms differently than I do. Is there a dominant pronounciation? Any other variants? (idle curiosity of a linguistics student)
posted by heatherann
on Mar 1, 2006 -
102 comments
During my sophomore year in college, my classmates apparently all simultaneously discovered the word "ambiguous." We couldn't go through five minutes of a class discussion without the word being used. It was like, "I'm smart! Look at my new word! Watch me use it in any mildly appropriate way!"
I can't get ten comments through a thread here without someone cleverly pointing out a "straw man" argument. Not every argument that is contrary to your own is a "straw man" argument. An unsupported argument is not a "staw man" argument. If you disagree with someone's point, then take the time to attack the logic or the premise of that argument. Don't just call that person a "straw man." It's too ambiguous.
posted by flarbuse
on Oct 25, 2005 -
125 comments
What happened to
김치? Because if for nothing else, he actuated
this and i liked it.
plus the caps lock thread kicks this year's anniversay thread in the ash.
posted by philida
on Oct 23, 2005 -
5 comments
Strange superlative.
I have many delicious vegetarian recipes, but I better not tell this guy. I would hate to be responsible for him punching his mother in the mouth.
Or worse,
my mother.
posted by Methylviolet
on Sep 26, 2005 -
73 comments
Are there any members who are serving or have served in Iraq? Any members who live, or have constant contact with someone who lives, in Iraq? If you're willing, I have language-related questions, both about American military usage and colloquial modern Iraqi Arabic. Email me at the address on the web site linked in my profile.
posted by Mo Nickels
on Aug 6, 2005 -
6 comments
Posting links to websites in languages other than English:
previously discussed, but without clear guidelines. There's a great link I could post -- but even if the images are a key part of what makes that site's interesting, it's not in English. More inside.
posted by matteo
on Mar 6, 2005 -
24 comments
"Troll" may have a respectable lineage on the Web but, frankly, for some of us who joined later in the day, it seems like a quaint, medieval way of classifying anyone who's the least bit provocative, thought-provoking or even unorthodox. Recently, any forceful, strongly-worded attempt to spark discussion with a non-mainstream viewpoint, generally from the Left, has been lamely denounced as a "troll". Could it be time to give the
ye olde troll accusation a well-deserved rest? I hope so. The English language is one of the richest in the world and
troll sounds parochial, pimply, nerdish, cliquey, incestuous and, ultimately, meaningless.
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Aug 30, 2004 -
78 comments
You've stumbled upon a non-existent post, or one that was deleted for various reasons.
posted by Opus Dark
on Jun 14, 2004 -
30 comments
Interesting use of language in feed description. Well yes I laughed and went straight to the article for an explaination. It is a great link. I have no problem with the use of colourful language under normal circumstances and I don't want to sound like a prude, but I was just worried about site image. Also aren't there going to be issues in some workplaces with filters and that sort of thing?
posted by feelinglistless
on May 22, 2004 -
4 comments
I'd like to remind everyone that we have some new users, and we really ought to encourage them as much as possible. While I agree entirely with the
Q-man's sentiment, name-calling is counterproductive to the site, especially when it's a user's first FPP.
This isn't so much a call-out on quonsar, but a reminder that discouraging the new users is detrimental to the health of the site.
posted by jpoulos
on Apr 29, 2004 -
93 comments
Okay, just a quick history lesson, paraphrasing Tom Tomorrow:
Feminazis are women who would prefer to treated equally, and in some cases slightly superior, to men, and attempt to spread these views through public protest and legislation.
The actual Nazis were a military group that systematically slaughtered twelve million men, women, and children by means of public execution and torture before burying them in mass graves or incinerating them in ovens.
Sorry if I'm being a Language Nazi, but this has to stop. Please.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Oct 3, 2002 -
110 comments
apparently,
i'm a '
navel-gazing twit', but i'm just wondering: when are the developmentally disabled going to get the same degree of respect we afford the niggers, kikes, bitches, wetbacks, and gooks?
posted by mlang
on Jul 9, 2002 -
156 comments
Matt has just deleted
thomcatspike's latest incomprehensible post. Although some think he's just pulling our chains, many of us think that he's simply having trouble with English. If that's the case, how can we help him?
posted by timeistight
on Jul 3, 2002 -
132 comments
Pick a language,
any language.
LiveJournal has added support for its users to translate the entire site into other languages. Translation teams have formed for
over twenty languages, with more on the way.
Are there other localized weblog services out there that anyone is aware of?
posted by insomnia_lj
on May 17, 2002 -
7 comments
Is it alright to post sites that aren't in English? I know many MeFites speak other languages, and don't see why it should be limited to English-language sites.
posted by signal
on Nov 24, 2001 -
19 comments
are we
FearFilter now? lots of alarmist language used in frontpage posts in the past few months. it seems like we're posting with language forms we've learned from major news sources, which have turned into "all-crisi-all-the-time" media channels. is it appropriate?
posted by patricking
on Nov 15, 2001 -
15 comments
