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Originally Posted by MMM
The Japanese Help section has been inundated with romaji questions, and is why I don't answer there often (along with the fact we have some more qualified and active members here, including the OP of this thread).
Would it help to have a "Romaji Help Thread" and "Kana Help Thread" so that those that choose to help learners can decide what level of learner they want to help?
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I think that's a very good idea. I admit that I occasionally slip and type in romaji when helping someone, but I try never to ask a question involving romaji. I think I've succeeded thus far.
I can understand why someone absolutely new (or hasn't even learned anything yet) would ask using romaji. But the board's force should be used to get people to stop with romaji ASAP. Maybe we (read: I) need to tone down the anti-romaji rhetoric a bit at the outset, but if someone argues that romaji is a valid tool to learning Japanese beyond, say, month #1, they should be chastised. If nothing else, natives just won't want to help that person!