Are we OK with #Chinese people writing Chinese on #GitHub and other platforms?
I mean, not in repos that can only be of interest to Chinese people, I mean in repos of public interest for all, where we usually write in #English.

Also sometimes even if a repo has the README in English, there are issues, pull requests, etc. in Chinese.

Is it only me finding it disrespectful? They may benefit from others who speak English (even those who are not native English speakers but strive) but we are left out when they speak Chinese? 😲

@post
Ever been in China? You'll struggle finding people who can speak some English. I have worked with engineers who would talk like a children, because they barely knew a few English words.

@rastinza

Same for the rest of the world, but in the context of FOSS we all try to write in English, no matter if it's bad.

Only the Chinese have this attitude and it's already problematic, imagine if everyone just start reporting bugs in their own language.

If it was for me, we would use #interlingua that is designed for this, but English is the de facto standard for now.

@post
You likely did not understand what I meant to say: Chinese people don't know English.
Would it be cool if they did know English and were able to easily communicate with other people in the world? Sure. But that's not how it is.