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I received a : purple message" and according to this message, I am forced to open a public discussion if I want to discuss about that message. Although I'm a strong advocate for transparency, I think there's some limits. One of them is forcing public discussions, any, that are irrelevant to others at first. In my humble opinion, the staff should have the curtsy to talk one-on-one. BTW, I was flagged for what should have been considered at curtsy between two people. In short, if two people, with the same non-English other language can't even say hi to each others in their native language and something like contact me if you need help, then ...Houston we have a problem...

The staff here are volunteers on a site that is free to use. I don't think they should have to do anything!

If you want to say hi to a fellow member in your native language using a site with an English only rule, why not send them a purple moosage?

It ain't rocket science...

Thanks for raising this topic Steve. There are reasons gir asked for a public thread - one is that it gets the best reply for you, as senior staff have a watch on the tinkering forum, so you're not dependent on just one staff volunteer helping you out. Another reason is that the subject may be useful for other users in future, so we all can learn.

This forum is US based, so it is nice if you post publicly in a language that most people will understand.

You are not being forced to

Steve said, open a public discussion if I want to discuss about that message.

You were asked to post something to the forum in English.

Gir bot said,  I have been activated because bio-staff have classified a post you wrote as "Foreign language or cryptic acronyms".  

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