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I dunno if it got skipped over, but a question about the new language rule, quoting my old post;

Just a question about the new rule that all posts must be english(or fully translated). How does that affects eg. user titles and signatures if people have quotes/characters/letters in other languages? Do those things also have to be fully in English, or is it okay that we write something in Japanese/Spanish/German whatever?
 
I dunno if it got skipped over, but a question about the new language rule, quoting my old post;
I believe it’s only posts. I’ve had Japanese in my user title for a while which translates to my username, and I haven’t been asked to change it. 😅
 
I believe it’s only posts. I’ve had Japanese in my user title for a while which translates to my username, and I haven’t been asked to change it. 😅
Yeah okay makes sense, though I'd hate to get a warning cause I had a spanish quote in my sig or whatever
 
Yeah okay makes sense, though I'd hate to get a warning cause I had a spanish quote in my sig or whatever
I think as long as it's not an actual post it's fine. since a user title & signature aren't posts directed at someone then I don't think it should be an issue.

edit: also they shouldn't give you an official warning for something that isn't completely clear like that, maybe a post warning but not an actual warning.
 
I think as long as it's not an actual post it's fine. since a user title & signature aren't posts directed at someone then I don't think it should be an issue.

edit: also they shouldn't give you an official warning for something that isn't completely clear like that, maybe a post warning but not an actual warning.
yeah i mean i get you shouldn't do a whole untranslated post in italian or whatever. and yeah i'd never write bad stuff in those areas just to get around LOL.

thanks for clearing up a bit, but i'll wait to see if a staff member comes around, perhaps they should have been clearer cause it's still another language and such...
 
sheilaa said:
Just a question about the new rule that all posts must be english(or fully translated). How does that affects eg. user titles and signatures if people have quotes/characters/letters in other languages? Do those things also have to be fully in English, or is it okay that we write something in Japanese/Spanish/German whatever?
It's fine as long as it isn't inappropriate and isn't being used to circumvent our swear filter. We would prefer if you did include a translation in your signature, but it isn't mandatory. If a staff member privately asks you to provide a translation please cooperate with us. We do speak a number of non-English languages between us (e.g. I speak German) but there are far too many out there for us to understand them all.
 
It's fine as long as it isn't inappropriate and isn't being used to circumvent our swear filter. We would prefer if you did include a translation in your signature, but it isn't mandatory. If a staff member privately asks you to provide a translation please cooperate with us. We do speak a number of non-English languages between us (e.g. I speak German) but there are far too many out there for us to understand them all.
Thank you, and yeah of course I wouldn't use them for that. And perfect, I understand so thank you very much for raising my question in concern with new rules :)
 
This might sound stupid but

1, where's the font thingy? Like, weren't we able to change fonts?

2, what does the gear button thing do (next to the redo arrow)? I honestly can't figure it out.
 
This might sound stupid but

1, where's the font thingy? Like, weren't we able to change fonts?

2, what does the gear button thing do (next to the redo arrow)? I honestly can't figure it out.
The font button is the T with the 2 directional arrow going up and down and idk what the gear does
 
The font button is the T with the 2 directional arrow going up and down and idk what the gear does

The T with the arrows just changes the size of text for me.

I mean fonts like Ariel, Times New Roman, whatever the cursive one is called, ect...
 
This might sound stupid but

1, where's the font thingy? Like, weren't we able to change fonts?
The T with the arrows just changes the size of text for me.

I mean fonts like Ariel, Times New Roman, whatever the cursive one is called, ect...
That would be the A right beside the "T" font size option you're seeing. Also, the little droplet beside that will allow you to change the color of the text.
 
That would be the A right beside the "T" font size option you're seeing. Also, the little droplet beside that will allow you to change the color of the text.

Huh, I don't have an A on my bar next to the T or colour blob

Must be cause I'm on mobile
 
2, what does the gear button thing do (next to the redo arrow)? I honestly can't figure it out.
The gear allows you to see the coding for your post. so if you, say, changed a word color to blue and clicked the gear it would show the [COLOR=RGB (0,0,100)] etc. coding. in that case it makes it easier to change a word color if you dont want to redo the process of highlighting and selecting a color.

you can do it with any coding but the color explanation is what i usually use the gear icon for.
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Huh, I don't have an A on my bar next to the T or colour blob

Must be cause I'm on mobile
yeah it's not available on mobile, maybe if you use the font code it could work. I'll post the code below:
HTML:
[font=font name]text goes here[/font]

on the forum you can choose from Arial, Book Antiqua, Courier New, Georgia, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, and Verdana. just insert any one of those where "font name" is.


also if you're using chrome (or a chrome based browser) you can view the desktop site by clicking the three vertical dots in the upper right corner, then you can use fonts easily :)
 
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