Is english the "official" language of our servers?

[Macaroni]

Today I was playing on blackmesa. There was one player who was speaking spanish over the mic nonstop. I told him (in spanish) that I did not speak spanish. Indryd said in allchat and spanish to please speak english. I asked the admins about it, nossr said it was not a rule, IRS said he thought it was. I want an official Council ruling on this. If he can speak spanish and english, the admin's requests should have been reasonable. If he cannot speak english, he should not be on our server because the MOTD rules page is in english.
It was also a bit of mic spamming because he was talking loudly and nonstop, and because people requested that he speak english.

 

[DuckDastardly]

English is the official language of our servers at this time. Until further notice let someone who is speaking a different language know this and after your normal amount of warnings they should be kicked for not complying.


This is what I was told approx 2 months ago by Council, and I plan to follow this until I hear otherwise.

 

[HaloRacer]

The way we did it at my old community was similar. We didn't mind someone speaking another language in voice and chat in small amounts, however full on conversations were found to be disruptive to other players who didn't nessecarily know what they were talking about.

 

[Lafinass]

Asked and Answered by Duck.

It should be noted, that beyond any specific rules about it, speaking a language in mixed company that is not understood by everyone is incredibly rude.