Michael points out that if we add all the articles from all supported languages, that this could cause more problems than it solves, for instance if we include 'die' as a default it would remove the English verb 'die' as well.

Probably the 'right' thing to do is change the default article list based on the current language setting.  But what if the user has edited the article list?  Should deletions be restored if applicable?  Should additions be preserved or removed?

default articles, plus custom articles.  set defaults based on language (and simply display as part of the DESC text), and preserve the custom ones from the text input field.  it's all filtered through one function anyway (Slim::Utils::Text::ignoreArticles)

1) cleaner interface since only custom ones are in prefs
2) we can avoid the conflict of multi-language
3) simple to access localised string for default articles and cat with the custom ones.

(In reply to comment #3)
> default articles, plus custom articles.  set defaults based on language
> (and simply display as part of the DESC text), and preserve the custom
> ones from the text input field.

If users can't remove articles from the defaults then they no longer have full control over the list.  That's a step in the wrong direction IMO.

> 1) cleaner interface since only custom ones are in prefs

I disagree.  If the language-dependant articles are only seen in the info/help text, then the actual setting becomes more obscure.

well, it can be included in the field then, if your opinion matters ;)