Show only English Threads

[HootsButOlder]

I'm sure there's a way of filtering to only show threads in English but blowed if I can find it, anyone point me in the right direction?

[Shinobimono]

Nope, no way.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

What do you mean? Aren't all threads supposed to be in English, unless they're in one of the language-specific Chit-Chat forums?

I cannot find any threads in other languages in any case.

[Aapje]

Perhaps he is using the 'Unread Content'-feature to find new posts. That has always shown messages from the language-specific parts of the forum as well. Now with the Russian forum being combined with the English one, this has gotten worse.

[HootsButOlder]

30 minutes ago, Aapje said:

Perhaps he is using the 'Unread Content'-feature to find new posts. That has always shown messages from the language-specific parts of the forum as well. Now with the Russian forum being combined with the English one, this has gotten worse.

This.

[No_85_Gramps]

Under the Activity tab you can create a "my activity stream" and control what you see. I created a My Default stream that includes these topics only:

Showing topics in Announcements, General Discussion, General Discussion, Screenshots and Videos, Manuals and Tutorials, Mods and 3rd Party Apps, Great Battles Skins, Flying Circus Skins, Tank Crew Skins, Feedback and Suggestions, Technical Issues and Bug Reports, Virtual Squadrons, Hardware and Third-Party Software, English Chit-Chat and Military History I have not read and posted in for the last 365 days.

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2025 by No_85_Gramps
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[MajorMagee]

I tired creating a Custom Stream as you suggested and it doesn't display anything. I must be doing it wrong...

[HootsButOlder]

@LukeFF is restricting by language something that can be done/added? Granted it’s not a big thing but having threads in other languages popping up is mildly annoying. 

[LukeFF]

For now we are keeping it like it is to see if it is feasible. If not, it might be changed at some point in the future.

[MontyThrud]

Yeah theres a bunch of Greeks spaming...

And the Classic(old skool) smilies are short...

[Amorrecton]

Why do posts in other languages annoy you, and why not just ignore the posts not in english? What about those of us who want to see posts in other languages? I can understand wanting language specific filter options, but blocking posts in other languages outright is bad for the people who don’t speak your language.

[MajorMagee]

 

Using the Topics Tags in a Custom Activity Filter didn't work, but using the Follow function to pick the ones to sort for does.

You can find the Follow option at the top of each Topical Area (e.g. Announcements, General Discussion, etc.) I chose not to be sent notifications.

[HootsButOlder]

9 hours ago, Amorrecton said:

Why do posts in other languages annoy you, and why not just ignore the posts not in english? What about those of us who want to see posts in other languages? I can understand wanting language specific filter options, but blocking posts in other languages outright is bad for the people who don’t speak your language.

Because they fill up the space and I have to dig out the English posts. Having a filter to only see your own language doesn’t seem that controversial to me. 
 

also, thanks @LukeFF

[Aapje]

21 hours ago, LukeFF said:

For now we are keeping it like it is to see if it is feasible. If not, it might be changed at some point in the future.

I'm not very happy with how it is now. English and Russian threads are now intermingled. There is no way to see new English comments without wading through a lot of comments in other languages. The Russians are simply too active, so it is not a minor inconvenience.

I bet that it is even worse for them.

Please adopt the DCS solution and replicate the topics under the Russian section, because then at least the Custom Activity Filter can be used to ignore this part of the forum. This is also better for the Russians, since then the topic names are in Russian for them.

[J37_Spyboy]

Google translate can be your friend.

A more useful feature, imho, could be a search function in the original forum.

My apologies if it exists and I missed it!

[Dash,Polder]

Firefox allows to highlight the text, the menu has a translate to english option in the listing, very fast with a single click.  The exact same reaction and conversation is happening on the other end. 

[HootsButOlder]

19 hours ago, Amorrecton said:

Why do posts in other languages annoy you, and why not just ignore the posts not in english? What about those of us who want to see posts in other languages? I can understand wanting language specific filter options, but blocking posts in other languages outright is bad for the people who don’t speak your language.

Guys, thanks and everything but I know how translate options work. I’m not after that. No one has said block posts, let’s not get carried away. For the record, I’m hoping for a filter option, per the opening post. Ta. 
 

@LukeFF might be time to lock this one. 

Edited November 27, 2025 by HootsButOlder

[JG4_Deciman]

Hi

I don't think it's time to 'lock' this thread...
I think it's time to think about the organization of the new forum itself...

I cannot remember (and my brain is in perfect condition) to see that ammount of 'non english' postings (or better posting with characters that not are available in english language) in such a short time (new forum is just a few days old!)

I guess, that formelry there existed 2 forums.
One with 'english' as wanted language
and a second one for the (I guess) russian speaking users.
And now they are both merged into one forum...

And I simply think, that was NOT a good idea.

And I'm not seeing that from my point of view.
English is not my native language anyway, but I can read, understand and write texts in english.
But it seems that some users posting in 'kyrillic' signs are eiter not able do do that (or not aware that they should)

For me 'ignoring' the posts I cannot read is OK.
But I guess the posters will not be pleased about their posts beeig ignored by anybody that cannot read them.
And I really guess that is not what they wanted or expected!

Take some cups of coffee (or something else that matches yout taste) and think about the facts I've just posted
and maybe you'll find a way to get everything in a way that all sides will tell you 'OK with that'

Deci

 

[Leifr]

I generally don't enjoy reading forums where the script is shared so frequently; between latin and cyrillic, it becomes difficult to process threads/responses. For years the IL2 forum pushed an English-only rule and to have it completely upended seems a little rash.

[HootsButOlder]

Still thinking that a filter would be the simplest answer, those that want to see all languages still can, those that don't, don't. Everyone still gets to post.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

On 11/27/2025 at 5:32 PM, J37_Spyboy said:

Google translate can be your friend.

I'm not too keen on Google reading along with anything I do, even on relatively innocent places such as this site. Same for other translation services. And any locally run services that aren't so bad that they turn a recipe into a sex story (I've honestly had this happen!) use more CPU than I like. In any case, threads, posts and responses in Russian shall not be read or answered by me.

In this era where more and more AI is being used while privacy and energy generation are increasingly becoming an issue, I think everyone should think twice before running something as unimportant as a forum post though a translation service. IMO demanding their users to individually rely on translation tools is backwards thinking that belongs in a time where said issues did not exist. IF it is considered desirable to have a single forum for both Russian and English, this should come as a service to the customer rather than a burden. Have one of 1CGS's servers run a local AI that automatically translates all new posts and store both versions so that they can be read without demand.

Just as an illustration, translating a single, relatively short (2 lines) message from Russian into English or vice versa using a modern LLM based tool generates 1-2g CO2 per user who decides to do so (based on this, this and this). Demanding potentially hundreds of users per post to do this is not, IMO, constructive thinking and does nothing for customer satisfaction.

[Flashy]

I dont mind the Russian posts - I just skip them, but it would be nice if the system translated them automatically and reliably. I find it too much hassle to highlight posts and Right-click | Translate.. especially when there are many posts in a thread.. it becomes tiresome very quickly.. I also find the translations to be pretty bad, so I still cant really understand what the person is talking about even when its translated to English 😅

[LukeFF]

3 hours ago, Flashy said:

I dont mind the Russian posts - I just skip them, but it would be nice if the system translated them automatically and reliably. I find it too much hassle to highlight posts and Right-click | Translate.. especially when there are many posts in a thread.. it becomes tiresome very quickly.. I also find the translations to be pretty bad, so I still cant really understand what the person is talking about even when its translated to English 😅

Chrome actually lets you have pages automatically translated when they appear in a certain language. That's how I have it set up for Russian.  

[Leifr]

Right, but you work with Russians and have requirement for it. 

Forcing Russian and English together is going to result in some fallout in the future. Let the Russians use their own corner of the forum instead of polluting the English-dominent side. Would it be agreeable here if all of our European compatriots began using French, German, Italian and so on also? It's been years of English-only enforcement, and now suddenly you want them to mix? 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

7 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Chrome actually lets you have pages automatically translated when they appear in a certain language. That's how I have it set up for Russian.  

This doesn't address any of the concerns of my post above - in fact it makes it worse. If you're sending literally the entire page you're reading to Google, then you can calculate for yourself what that does for your privacy as well as power consumption.

4 hours ago, Leifr said:

Right, but you work with Russians and have requirement for it. 

Forcing Russian and English together is going to result in some fallout in the future. Let the Russians use their own corner of the forum instead of polluting the English-dominent side. Would it be agreeable here if all of our European compatriots began using French, German, Italian and so on also? It's been years of English-only enforcement, and now suddenly you want them to mix? 

It goes both ways. Let us English-speaking people also have our own corner of the forum where we don't need to pollute the Russian side.

Doarneffe zou't krek nèt zijn as 'k kon spreken wa'k wou, moar da goat nooit nie gebeuren.

Edited December 3, 2025 by AEthelraedUnraed