Non-Latin alphabets now forbidden?

<p>When I try to type or paste, for example, the Cyrillic name of a Soviet lens, the message is rejected.<br>

Is this true across the board, and why? I always thought it "added" value to have the original names for many terms, whether Cyrillic or Asian characters where 'foreign' searches might reveal them.</p>

 

<p>Could it have something to do with security of the site (constant spamming pings, etc) ? Just a wild guess.</p>

<p>Les</p>

<p>Recall that a few months ago there were a lot of Korean and other spams? I believe the admins added the limitations to Latin characters to block those spams.</p>

<p>Many months ago I tried a test post using a lot of different languages. Many were Asian, Cyrillic, Arabic or Slavic. The post was rejected.</p>

<p>I think it's a bad idea to forbid other alphabets. In other words . . .</p><div></div>

<p>Unicode support creates all sorts of problems on web-based forums like this. I've seen moderators/admins even on very technically sophisticated platforms pull the plug on unicode character sets after lots of creative misadventures.</p>

It's a trade-off. The number of users inconvenienced by not being able to post non-Latin type is much lower than the

number of users inconvenienced by hundreds of spam messages filling the forums.

<p><strong>one can see from the recent infestations on p.net, even roman characters can be abused.</strong><br>

<strong>Many of the problems of P.net could be solved if no alphabetic characters or ideographic symbols were permitted at all.<br /></strong></p>

<p>For French this seems still to be accepted.<br>

éé èè çç àà êâô<br>

Or Scandinavian languages:<br>

øø åå ää ææ</p>

I noticed that when I tried but managed to get away with Latin

letters. Then someone followed up and reposted my words

with Cyrillic letters so there is a way to do it. I will have to dig

his name up or.maybe he will see it. I think it was James Danis

or something like that.

<p>It is a bad idea to limit use of characters. Hope we are not reduced to this</p><div></div>

<p>Must have something to do with DT candidacy :-)</p>

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<p>Unicode support creates all sorts of problems on web-based forums like this. I've seen moderators/admins even on very technically sophisticated platforms pull the plug on unicode character sets after lots of creative misadventures.<br>

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It's a trade-off. The number of users inconvenienced by not being able to post non-Latin type is much lower than the number of users inconvenienced by hundreds of spam messages filling the forums.<br>

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<p>While factually correct, there is another trade-off here, between a mindset that will deprive the community, and one that will enrich it, and that is ultimately a bigger problem in my opinion.</p>

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<p>¿Qué pasa? </p>

<p>Feliz año nuevo.</p>

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<p>Just checking to see what happens with Spanish diacritical marks and letters. . . .</p>

<p>--Lannie</p>