Timeline for Does it make sense to ask people here to add the languages they speak in their profiles?
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| Jul 18, 2012 at 6:11 | comment | added | texnic | Guys, I'd just like to comment that in the very beginning there was a short discussion about for whom this site is. I thought (basing on its English form) that it was mainly for the foreigners, since for a Russian-speaker it is usually easier to find an answer in the many Russian sites we are citing. Someone then answered, I think justified, that often an answer can be found faster here. Then there is also a question of actually finding and answer here (one has to first translate the question into English). This thread is yet another aspect of this discussion. | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 23:35 | comment | added | Alenanno | @texnic If the OP has poor English they might ask using Russian, and therefore you can answer in Russian. | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 18:29 | comment | added | Quassnoi Mod | @texnic: they could always ask for a translation (in the body or in a comment). If they have not, we assume that they are able to read English (even if they ask in Russian). Again, the working language of the site is English, and its goal (as I understand it) is to answer Russian-related questions so that the rest of the world understands them (and so can comment and improve the answers). I personally have a very basic knowledge of German and Italian so if I were ever to improve these subjects I would prefer seeing the answers in English on German.SE or Italian.SE | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 18:20 | comment | added | texnic | This does not really answer the original question but touches yet another matter. I should admit, your command of English is much better than mine. Now, imagine that the person who asks a question is a native Russian speaker with very poor English knowledge. An advanced answer in English may be useful for other users, but not for the OP. So I still think it might make sense to have information to "tune" the answer. | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 17:40 | history | answered | QuassnoiMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |