Bad English
I wouldn't flag them but would send them a note about it. Not in a bad way but trying to make HP a better place and giving room for improvement for the rest
You mean like this one I just came across?
"Would like to insist on the activities of these sites feature more leisure to best help these parts of the targeted activities, the following has a soft, easy to move activities to do more arm and back support would help improve power, have never been eloquent in bed or on the ground on implemented, and men want to adhere to the "strength", the best time to do several times every night pumping point, the number depending on the number of each different physique."
I believe there's a space (when you flag) that would describe this one as "nonsensical" or "hard to read", isn't there? Gee, do you think even an English/second-language human being came up with this? 
It could be those translating programs too. Geez, I better stop writing! Thanks to this forum I am now so self-conscious! I don't want to make a Mesteak.
Shifa,
A language can be perfect only if you are either always speaking it or if its ur mother tongue.I don't think not knowing a language is anything to be ashamed of. You may be a very creative person and probably have lots of qualities that I lack.To be frank when I watch American or Australian movies I find the accent hard to understand unless there is no other noise in the room.So cheers!
If the poor language seems to be a result of an article spinner, then I believe we should flag it. Flagging does not automatically unpublish the Hub, but it does alert the staff to a possible problem. They can't detect every sub-standard Hub without assistance.
In the instance LaMamaLoli mentioned (Hub-hopping), I believe that it is entirely appropriate to flag the article, because Hub-hopping is supposed to be a way for Hubbers to help out the staff by finding articles that are worth noting and by finding articles that need help or revision.
When incomprehensible language comes from someone who writes English as a second or third language, then I think it would be best to send a private message or e-mail, instead of flagging them.
Most of the really bad English I have found in HubPages is from article spinners. But, come to think of it, I can also remember a few from native English speakers who just can't seem to communicate clearly.I've come across several hubs, (including one purporting to give advice on well-written hubs!), that were poorly written with spelling and grammatical errors.
My response was to write a hub on the topic, without mentioning names or hub titles, so as not to embarrass anyone with a public chastisement.
I can only hope the hub was read by the persons who needed the information!
Here's what HP considers "Low Quality": Is very short, contains a large number of broken links or videos, or consists of unoriginal, nonsensical, difficult to read, or purely personal content.
When I see them, I flag them.No, I really don't. Actually, I don't flag stuff that's personal--as long as it's English and readable!
Here's something else I probably shouldn't say (as an online writer among other online writers), but I pretty much don't do much searching for anything other than the occasional explanation of a medical condition some friend or relative just said someone else has, how old some celebrities are (I'm very age-aware these days
), what some old, TV-show, character's name was in the show, or writing/business/publishing-related info. When I want to buy something I go straight to Amazon's site or else to the store I already have in mind. If I'm looking for reading I'll to to the Barnes and Noble site and buy books. If I'm doing "real" work I need the "real-reference" resource.
If I do search once in a great while for "what's out there" in terms of articles, my eyes immediately look for what kind of site it is before I'll even consider reading it.
I know there's a lot of solid information on places like writing sites, and I think there's lots of reasonable reading on them (for entertainment purposes). I just can't trust something like writing sites for something like an article on a medical matter (and I've written them myself and carefully researched them). It's just that, like everyone else, I've seen so much of what goes on with some people who post writing, I can't trust writing sites.
(Now watch my HubScore drop down to 45 after this. )
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