The staff have decided that the language threads and the others like it are being used more like chat threads and are somewhat exclusive. We all know about our server issues. Another problem we've had is that in the cases of language threads being in languages other than English, they are not able to be moderated as well as the other threads. Messages have been reported but as the staff don't speak those languages or don't very well, they aren't being moderated as equally as the other threads. I am sorry that we have had to shut them down as I enjoyed the French thread anad the Spanish thread, but you hae to admit they're just chat threads
We don't want people to think we are against languages other than English (as we're certainly not), but for moderation issues it's only fair.