Previously we've supported a total of 39 language channels in game, however over the course of the last 12 months or so we have had a rise in the number of complaints regarding politically motivated trolling and inappropriate content being displayed in them.

Will you also shut down Fozzie's twitter due to "politically motivated trolling"? You know, since you're being so worried about trolling in official CCP communication channels.

This is very sad to see. I for one really enjoy the Swedish channel and I'm sure others feel the same way as I towards "their" language.

Feels a bit like you can't handle (or don't want to handle the complaints) the channels so make it easy and just remove them...? But hey, I'd be up for moderating the Swedish one - problem is that before you could actually find the language you wanted under the "Language" section of channels. Something that I now assume is just gone. So people still wouldn't find their way there without word-of-mouth.

I'd be happy to take it over anyway, unless it's already taken by some random pilot that left back in 2003...

But ultimately I think this is the wrong move to make.

/c

It would be less unfair to shut only the channels were trouble arises. If (insert nationality X) can't behave at their language channel, we Spanish speakers and the other 34 language speakers are not to blame.

This is very sad to see. I for one really enjoy the Swedish channel and I'm sure others feel the same way as I towards "their" language.

Feels a bit like you can't handle (or don't want to handle the complaints) the channels so make it easy and just remove them...? But hey, I'd be up for moderating the Swedish one - problem is that before you could actually find the language you wanted under the "Language" section of channels. Something that I now assume is just gone. So people still wouldn't find their way there without word-of-mouth.

I'd be happy to take it over anyway, unless it's already taken by some random pilot that left back in 2003...

But ultimately I think this is the wrong move to make.

/c

The Swedish channel haven't got any of these issues..
This is such a bad idea.

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"Official" channnels can be found in the channel list right from the start. Channels created by players are not. It's difficult to reach those players that are new and/or not on the forums or other external ways the community provides information. It's no longer possible to just click the speech bubble in a chat window to find a chat channel where a player's native/preferred language is used.

Well the only problem is that new players have no idea where to find that channel, you need to know someone to send you there first. As it is now, with it being on an official list, someone who is new to the game can, for example, join the Spanish channel and chat with some Spanish people, without needing the channel name etc...

Would it be possible to make the existing un-official language channels read-only, and create a list of linked player channels in the MOTD?

Or prehaps keep the channels, but make it clear in the MOTD that these channels are not moderated by CCP and that CCP is not responsible for the content in the channels and that discretion is advised, close the channel if you're offended by some guy trolling with political **** etc.

I agree completely with both of these, but you know CCP will do what they want in regards to this. By the looks of things it has already been decided. I would suggest that you grab you channel names now before this change happens. Lets say for example you guys speak German, call it "German Players Local" or something.
Next step would be to make a thread about it in GD and in New Citizens and ask CCP to sticky it at the top of the page on both.

Unfortunately, this is pretty much the only thing you can do currently...

Naturally you would need to consolidate with other players and agree on one player run channel for that language.

This seems like a bad idea. Essentially, you're arguing that because language channels are listed in the client in a visible place, they need the kind of moderation that the forums get, and since you can't provide that (for reasons that make plenty of sense; I've no issue with this), you're going to do away with that visible listing. I would say: this is a place for a policy change. Those 39 channels serve a useful purpose, as lots of people have pointed out, and their visibility is part of that. So I think you'd be better to bite the bullet and admit that you can't moderate them and aren't going to. Put it in big red letters in a MOTD. And remind people that there's a block function. Penalizing everyone, on the other hand, just in order to punish the few seems less than fair.