Look, I would like to intervene at this stage. Nameslave is one of the good guys on this Forum, and and is Chinese, so perhaps he feels that some of the issues are a bit close to home. I don't personally believe that he is anit-IDN or against the sells of IDN, but he is expressing genuinue concerns about translation, which I think if we are honest we all share.
I think we are all agreed that deliberately trying to mislead people on the value of a domain is unacceptable. This unfortunatley, is already very much part of everyday lifte here. Manufacturered traffic, hyping dead donkey extensions, getting your mates to give you favourable appraisals. It all goes on everyday even with ASCII. Misleading translations, which isn't limited to IDN, is just adding another dimension to the problem and Nameslave has right to express his concerns, but we don't need hysteria either like we had with the phishing issue. IDN are not responsible for phishing and will generally be a force for good in that area.
It must also, however, be recognised that a domainer will not always understand the full significance of a domain or lack there of, just as most domainers fail to understand it in English. You only have to look at the appraisal threads on here to wonder how many have any real grasp of English as it relates to domaining. It is clearly also not right for buyer to assume that an indicative translation relieves him of duty to conduct due diligence.
I would urge everyone who has contributed to this thread or read it without comment, to consider the best way of resolving such conflicts rather than simply trying to trash each others reputations.
If indeed there are not enough naitive speakers on this Forum, then I can only suggest it is about time it started to try and widen its appeal, and enfranchise a more more representative group from the Global Internet Community. If a small Forum like IDNFs can manage this then it should be achievable here!
