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Obscurum
Emperor of the Shadows

Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:23 am
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:10 am 
 

Is the required language English (as Metal-Archives uses the English language) for the neutral information section of an artist page? Reason I'm asking is because I noticed one in Spanish and every single other section has been in English. Once answered I will report the page for correction.
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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
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Location: Australia
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:20 am 
 

Always English. Any foreign languages should be reported immediately (or if you're a native speaker and have the editorial access, translate it to English if it's useful. :p)

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Obscurum
Emperor of the Shadows

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:53 am 
 

Alright, thanks, Alhadis. That's what I was thinking. Gonna report it in about 30 seconds...
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Azmodes
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Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:44 am
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Location: Ob der Enns, Austria
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:29 am 
 

Also, if you have the necessary rank, you can just delete any non-English info outright. Or you can post about it here for translation requests, if you want.

English-only also applies to cities/regions/etc... in the location field, by the way. Always use the English exonym, not the endonym. It's "Havana", not "La Habana". "Lower Saxony", not "Niedersachsen". "Quebec", not "Québec". I've been working on cleaning up inconsistencies there, so just an FYI. Feel free to report/correct any cases you encounter.
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Morrigan
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Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 7:27 am
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Location: Canada
PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:02 pm 
 

Ummmm what? I always write Québec...

(But to the OP: yes, you can delete non-English bios and information outright, it's not acceptable in any way.)
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Azmodes
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:12 pm 
 

Morrigan wrote:
Ummmm what? I always write Québec...

Technically that's the French spelling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/g ... adian/5708
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Obscurum
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:26 am 
 

Well, Morrigan, it looks like Azmodes is going to look at all your submissions and corrections and change them. I'm about 1/4th of the way to Veteran status, so until then I'll report any non-English information that I find.
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Morrigan
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:27 am 
 

I hate the non-accented versions... but sigh, whatever.
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