Hello Michiel,

 MvdV>>> I suggest the editor accepts only articles encoded in UTF-8 and
 MvdV>>> patches his software to use a "CHRS UTF-8 4" kludge.

 BF>> Yeah, right. That would surely increase the number of
 BF>> contributions.

 MvdV> You never know until you try.

The e-reader I prefer to use has no problem displaying text
in multiple formats, in several languages, including Russian.
The software is primitive, with no bells and whistles.  Not
only can I read texts, but I can also write in my language
of choice (of those supported by the e-reader).

If the editor claims he is not able or willing to publish
anything written in cyrillic, I suggest this community hires
an associate editor who will.

 MvdV> You have rebelled againt the ASCII only/English only culture in Fidonet
for
 MvdV> decades and you have repeatedly stated that articles in other languages
 MvdV> than English are welcome.

Articles written in languages other than English have been
published in the FidoNews.  And do give credit to previous
editors, such as Frank Vest, who also were willing to do
the same.

 MvdV> There is a large reservoir of potential contributors east of us.

Learning cyrillic is one thing, but mandarin is quite another.

 MvdV> Who knows what will surface if you make it possible for them to write in
 MvdV> their own native language, using their own native character set.

The land of the rising sun has its own special character set ...

--Lee

-- 
Get Her Wet Here

--- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb