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It was pretty inventive to use English-language as a reason to kill the post (it's not actually part of the guidelines, of course, it's just that almost no non-
by zorpner 11y ago
It was pretty inventive to use English-language as a reason to kill the post (it's not actually part of the guidelines, of course, it's just that almost no non-English posts get upvoted to the front page).
Clearly, it would have been straightforward to replace the link with an automated translation and allow the discussion to continue.
- perfTerm 11y agoThe thing is automatated translations are often awful to read. Hackernews is probably better off waiting for a native speaker to write up something about it because the article will maintain the interest of greater numbers of people
- dang 11y agoIt's not inventive. It has been a rule here since the beginning. I know that because pg told me. The guidelines don't pretend to be exhaustive.