The following question was asked in Spanish: ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre tú, usted y vos?
This SE is oriented to learning and improving the Spanish language, so it doesn't seem that inappropriate, however, I was wondering what everyone else thinks (and also what is done in another language usage SE, if there is one)
Like we did in other sites, allow both.
There's no reason to choose only one of those two.
There are other language sites here, which I think have set a precedent, such as Japanese L&U and German L&U.
Both sites allow questions in both English and the site language. That seems to indicate that questions in either language should be acceptable. Generally, the answers are in the same language as the question, but that's not always true.
Tags on those sites are always in English. That means we should replace our seleccion-de-palabras tag with word-choice
EDIT: The French L&U site took a different stance on this. If you look at the front page, you'll see that the vast majority of questions are in French, and that the tags are also in French.
I think we need to allow both.
I have two reasons for this:
I would like to encourage non-English speakers to use this site (and other SE sites), as I thik that will make this site stronger, as well as make the rest of SE stronger (especially as other bi/multi-lingual sites are being launched).
I also think we should, when possible, try to respect the language of the question. That is to say, if the question is in English, answer in English, if it's in Spanish, answer in Spanish. However, if you don't feel you speak the OP's language strongly enough to answer in their language, answering in your own language is better than not answering at all. Someone else can always translate if appropriate.
If we do choose to accept Q&A in both languages, that does mean we may find duplicates. When this happens, I would encourage closing/merging them, and translating the relevant Q/A into both languages so that both OPs can benefit.
I think both should be allowed. I understand that people asking here are english-speaking people learning or want to learn spanish. So, if they ask in english, I suppose that they're not yet fluent (or daring!) enough to pose their question fully in spanish, and should be answered in english too; and if they ask in spanish, I suppose they're both asking and practicing their spanish, and should be answered in spanish so they can practice a bit more.
I think we should accept both English and Spanish in titles and bodies of questions and answers.
But I also think that we should strongly encourage including English as well in Spanish posts to maximize the audience. I wish they did this in the other L & U sites. I participate in all of them but, especially in Japanese L & U I just don't have the ability to handle whole posts in Japanese and even Google Translate often can't handle them well.
If you wish to post in Spanish and have good English I encourage you to use both. If your English is not good enough I encourage others to edit posts to include English translations.
I do think titles are better in English. Especially as far as handling duplicate questions. If you ask a question in English that has previously been asked and answered in Spanish is it a duplicate? What if your Spanish is not at the level to read the prior question and answer?
I do think tags should be in English but it does no harm at all to have also have Spanish tag synonyms for them.
I say we should keep the Q/A in English, this will allow non-Spanish speakers to fully understand our questions and answers.
I think that the better is to ask and answer in Spanish. The best way to learn a language is to read, and write, and listen to it, and do that things over and over again.
Or, make your answer in the same language of the question.
And for tags I believe the same. Use Spanish. So the users are used to it.
