# Restrict topic/post to English only

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-post-to-english-only/220673>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-post-to-english-only/220673 "2022-03-10T21:41:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-topic-post-to-english-only/220673/2 "2022-03-10T23:31:48Z")

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Hello. 👋

I don’t think there is a readily available technique to do as you’ve asked.

However, I participate in several communities where we _encourage_ non-English usage, and _still only get regular ol’ English instead_. 🤷

So let me ask you: what challenge are you having? And also, how do you define “English”? Are you referring to the character set (UTF-8)? Or… common word usage? Like, are you more concerned about someone talking about sushi in your forums, or more concerned about someone talking about すし?

I love talking about language! すごい!

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