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A really bad idea. Now a really good answer or tip that would otherwise be on the 'regular' stackoverflow (albeit in broken English) will remain, unknown, on a

A really bad idea. Now a really good answer or tip that would otherwise be on the 'regular' stackoverflow (albeit in broken English) will remain, unknown, on a 'pt.overflow.' That is one drawback. Another drawback, an English only stackoverflow helps a Portuguese speaking person to learn another language that is, now, more universal. Yet another, it fractures an otherwise more unified community. My mother tongue is Spanish, yet I have no issues with an English only stackoverflow, at all.

lmkg 13y ago
> * Now a really good answer or tip that would otherwise be on the 'regular' stackoverflow (albeit in broken English) will remain, unknown* This assumes that, had the Portuguese site not existed, the question would have been answered on the English site. There is also the possibility that the question would not have been answered at all.
- davidcollantes 13y ago
  Sight. Sorry, I really can't explain it well. Have you ever encountered something, sometimes, that you know doesn't click, but can't explain why? I really think this is a bad idea, and somehow, a waste of resources, a repetition of things. But... It will affect me little if I pretend it doesn't exist and continue using stackoverflow as I have been until now. Just ignore 'the news' and move on.
Dewie 13y ago
> My mother tongue is Spanish, yet I have no issues with an English only stackoverflow, at all. Someone who knows English has no problem with an English only Stackoverflow. Amazing. The fact that non-native English speakers might prefer English only sources is a red herring; they already know English. Of course perusing English sources makes more sense to us; we already know English to such degree that communicating in it is about as painless as communicating in our native tongue, and focusing mostly on English sources gives is a looot more meaty information. I could read some Wikipedia article in my own tongue, or I could get 5 times more information of perhaps higher quality by reading it in English.
- davidcollantes 13y ago
  I learned English because of my interest on technology, and because I saw it not at as disadvantage, but the opposite. Yet again, if it was up to me, I would set Latin or Esperanto as a 'universal' language and be done with it. :-)
Draiken 13y ago
I agree it's not a great idea. In the ever growing globalized world, learning english is essential and it doesn't really matter what's your native language. I think this might increase the mixed language coding that is almost a norm in Brazil. It's perfectly fine to write code in your language, but you're just limiting the amount of people that can read you code. You might never want a remote worker from outside your country but you can't really predict the future. The side effect of this is less people actually attempting to learn english, resulting in tons of mixed language code that's just horrible to read, even for the people that do speak the native language. I can't count how many times I've encountered horrible half-english half-portuguese variable/method names that are impossible to understand. Hope I'm wrong tho.

lmkg 13y ago

> * Now a really good answer or tip that would otherwise be on the 'regular' stackoverflow (albeit in broken English) will remain, unknown* This assumes that, had the Portuguese site not existed, the question would have been answered on the English site. There is also the possibility that the question would not have been answered at all.

davidcollantes 13y ago
Sight. Sorry, I really can't explain it well. Have you ever encountered something, sometimes, that you know doesn't click, but can't explain why? I really think this is a bad idea, and somehow, a waste of resources, a repetition of things. But... It will affect me little if I pretend it doesn't exist and continue using stackoverflow as I have been until now. Just ignore 'the news' and move on.

Dewie 13y ago

> My mother tongue is Spanish, yet I have no issues with an English only stackoverflow, at all. Someone who knows English has no problem with an English only Stackoverflow. Amazing. The fact that non-native English speakers might prefer English only sources is a red herring; they already know English. Of course perusing English sources makes more sense to us; we already know English to such degree that communicating in it is about as painless as communicating in our native tongue, and focusing mostly on English sources gives is a looot more meaty information. I could read some Wikipedia article in my own tongue, or I could get 5 times more information of perhaps higher quality by reading it in English.

davidcollantes 13y ago
I learned English because of my interest on technology, and because I saw it not at as disadvantage, but the opposite. Yet again, if it was up to me, I would set Latin or Esperanto as a 'universal' language and be done with it. :-)

Draiken 13y ago

I agree it's not a great idea. In the ever growing globalized world, learning english is essential and it doesn't really matter what's your native language. I think this might increase the mixed language coding that is almost a norm in Brazil. It's perfectly fine to write code in your language, but you're just limiting the amount of people that can read you code. You might never want a remote worker from outside your country but you can't really predict the future. The side effect of this is less people actually attempting to learn english, resulting in tons of mixed language code that's just horrible to read, even for the people that do speak the native language. I can't count how many times I've encountered horrible half-english half-portuguese variable/method names that are impossible to understand. Hope I'm wrong tho.