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  In IE you should be taken to the default locale defined here. Tools|Internet Option|General|Languages

  (you'll see the code within the URL)

  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533052(v=vs.85).aspx

  I think you can also add others.

  On the TechNet branded forums page there is also a drop down to select a different language.

   So if you set the locale by either method then at the forums top level should be the list available for that language.

   

   

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  • Edited by Dave PatrickMVP Thursday, September 1, 2016 5:36 PM corrections
  • Proposed as answer by Vincenzo Di RussoMVP Thursday, September 1, 2016 5:51 PM

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  Dave,

  I am looking specifically for the following:

  1. Would someone please point me to the  documentation stating these forums are for english only?
  2. Where can I find the "locale specific" forums? (Not an IE related question)
     
     
     

  Thank you,

  Mauricio Feijo
  
  

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  • Edited by Mauricio Feijo Thursday, September 1, 2016 6:02 PM

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  1.) They're not English only.

  2.) Once you have the locale set in your browser then the forums in that language will show up.

   

   

   

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  • Marked as answer by Mauricio Feijo Thursday, September 1, 2016 8:04 PM

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  Take a look at this very interesting new blog post

  https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/forumninjas/forums-url-format/

  This blog explains (among other things) how to switch to the forum with correct language.

  As a moderator I usually try to move thread from English forum into corresponding forum in correct language (if I can figure out the language correctly). I don't like having threads in a different language in, say, T-SQL forum where the language is English.

  Some moderators just move the thread to Of-Topic right away if that question is in the wrong language because figuring out the correct language, switching to it and moving thread there requires more work. I believe a while ago I posted a TechNet article about moving thread to forum with right language. I don't know if the method described in that article is still correct.

  Here is that article https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/17925.forum-moderation-how-to-move-threads-between-different-language-forums.aspx

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  • Edited by Naomi N Thursday, September 1, 2016 7:47 PM
  • Marked as answer by Mauricio Feijo Thursday, September 1, 2016 8:04 PM

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  The entire moderation guide can be found here if you're interested in looking it over:

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1034.moderating-microsoft-forums-portal.aspx

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  Thanks Dave and Naomi. That helped. I've been answering mostly in English and when I see their English is very very broken I assume they will feel better on their own language and if its Portuguese, Russian , French or Spanish, the few I speak, I go ahead and answer on that language.

  I live in America for 20 years and understand that English is the universal business language, but simply removing a thread seems harsh. Naomi asked me nicely on the SQL post a few weeks back, and sure enough I returned to English. Thanks for that Naomi. :)

  Looks like a bit controversial to simply remove the thread, in my opinion, especially because this far I have not seen any guidance in writing about what language to post.

  Until I hear otherwise I'll comply and keep it in English, unless the OP chooses to keep the thread on another language I speak. Seems to be a fair balance.

  Thanks again.

  
  

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  There's some limited info here on languages in forum. I think it was a given that posts should be in the language for that forum's locale.

  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7359.forums-help-faq.aspx#What_if_my_language_does_not_appear_in_the_Forums_lists

   

   

   

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  Thursday, September 1, 2016 8:44 PM

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  Hello,

  What I do is look at the original URL (so for instance, in the C# forum https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=csharpgeneral) and change the en-US to the proper local code for the language that Bing Translator tells me the original poster is using.

  pt-BR for Brazilian Portuguese, for instance.

  I use http://www.science.co.il/language/locale-codes.asp for a list of the locale codes.

  That makes it https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/pt-BR/home?forum=csharpgeneral

  Unfortunately, that does not always work, but usually does bring me to local specific pages.

  The actual C# forum is https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/pt-BR/home?forum=vscsharppt

  Then I will say something along the lines of

  Hello,

  Please post in the Portuguese C# forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/pt-BR/home?forum=vscsharppt&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc

  Olá

  Por favor, poste no fórum Português C#: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/pt-BR/home?forum=vscsharppt&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc

  Where the Bing Translator helps me again.

  Karl

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  • Edited by Just Karl Friday, September 9, 2016 1:54 PM

  Friday, September 2, 2016 2:47 PM

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