Regarding the Terms of Service

[mrsyukisohma]

My board is in English but I have an Anime forum and a lot of anime fans want to learn English. I was thinking of hosting Japanese classes online kind of where the fans could learn Japanese and stuff. Would making a forum (not a whole board) for fans to chat in Japanese go against the TOS?

[Tylr]

mrsyukisohma said:

My board is in English but I have an Anime forum and a lot of anime fans want to learn English. I was thinking of hosting Japanese classes online kind of where the fans could learn Japanese and stuff. Would making a forum (not a whole board) for fans to chat in Japanese go against the TOS?

A forum but not a board? Regardless, even a sentence or two in another language is against the ToS. The people making sure you're not trying to take over the world only know English.

[mrsyukisohma]

I've seen some boards have forums dedicated to other languages and some start a thread where they can chat in another language. It's not always bad to talk in another language. =/

[Tylr]

mrsyukisohma said:

I've seen some boards have forums dedicated to other languages and some start a thread where they can chat in another language. It's not always bad to talk in another language. =/

It is on ProBoards, those sites that are in another language can be reported for a ToS violation.

[Ms PiXie]

mrsyukisohma said:

My board is in English but I have an Anime forum and a lot of anime fans want to learn English. I was thinking of hosting Japanese classes online kind of where the fans could learn Japanese and stuff. Would making a forum (not a whole board) for fans to chat in Japanese go against the TOS?

maybe a greeting or a word or two but not entire sentences are paragraphs, those are Tos violations.

[mrsyukisohma]

One of my forums has the word, "Konnichiwa" which means "Hello" in Japanese. I used that word as the "Introductions" forum because it was unique. Is that okay? Also, I know a lot of the fans would be using Japanese words too. Not a lot of words, but when it comes to anime fans, Japanese words tend to pop out like, "Hai" which means yes.

[Ms PiXie]

mrsyukisohma said:

One of my forums has the word, "Konnichiwa" which means "Hello" in Japanese. I used that word as the "Introductions" forum because it was unique. Is that okay? Also, I know a lot of the fans would be using Japanese words too. Not a lot of words, but when it comes to anime fans, Japanese words tend to pop out like, "Hai" which means yes.

a word or two is fine.

[kapt]

Here's an official statement. Regarding the English only rule. A word or two not in English is fine. A paragraph is not

Kapt~`'-

[Martyn Dale]

mrsyukisohma said:

One of my forums has the word, "Konnichiwa" which means "Hello" in Japanese. I used that word as the "Introductions" forum because it was unique. Is that okay? Also, I know a lot of the fans would be using Japanese words too. Not a lot of words, but when it comes to anime fans, Japanese words tend to pop out like, "Hai" which means yes.

Sounds like me, in real life i actully say hai rather than yes, as well as a few other japanese words that always get in there

If its minimal then its fine, but entire messages, such as this, if it were in japanese that wouldnt be allowed