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PSA for language_not_allowed error (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz to c/meta@sopuli.xyz

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Just came across this. If you get a language not allowed error in the app when trying to post, it could be a mismatch between the language in the user profile and the community language. I discovered this while trying to comment on a community I am a mod in and kept getting denied (my profile language remains 'undefined' and the community had English selected only - guess I got overzealous).

My takeaway from this is to keep the 'undefined' language tag in communities just to be on the safe side.

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[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I usually have kept "undefined" as a language for communities, with the exception of !suomi@sopuli.xyz and !finland@sopuli.xyz.

[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lesson learned for me... the hard way

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

And to add, those two communities have languages set because I want the first one to be purely in Finnish and the second one purely in English. This mirrors how it is on Reddit.

[–] klangcola@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ran in to the same problem trying to comment on a thread. How do you get "undefined" in your language list? I only have English

https://reddthat.com/post/1976

[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Log on to your instance via browser (not the app) and it should be in your profile settings. 'undefined' is at the top of the list.

Edit: looked closer at your linked post. I see there is only English in your list.

Maybe it's something in the way the instance was configured? That list should be populated with all languages.

Edit 2: spelling

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