On Aug 6, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Shadowfirebird wrote:

>> And I agree. The trick is, how do we embarrass people into writing  
>> that
>> English? We can't force them to, and we can't simply ignore their  
>> library
>> (how would they know?) -- my favorite idea so far is to drag them  
>> into the
>> cold, harsh light of crowd review, and allow ratings and reviews on
>> Rubyforge.
>
> Well, you can't force them; this is the *internet*.
>
> But we can provide a good example to follow, and promote other good
> examples when we see them.
>
> My 10 cents?  A good first step would be to Fix Ruby Garden.

Or shut it down, or replace it with some authenticated system.   
Otherwise, cleaning the spam out of RubyGarden will be a big (and  
ongoing) job....

Yours,

Tom