Steve Feldman wrote:
> My personal opinion (not wearing SC hat for the moment) is that
> enumeration of specific subjects which are on and off topic is an
> infinite rathole.
>
> I'd rather see more generic guidelines, like maybe:
>
> - If there's a well-known mailing list for the subject, discussion
> should be redirected there.
>
> I honestly don't mind seeing the occasional newbie question,
> especially if there are polite and intelligent responses pointing to
> answers. (See http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg17639.html
> for an example.) And my delete key can deal with the occasional joke
> or otherwise off-topic comment. (We already have a working process to
> deal with chronic abusers.)
>
> What bugs me is when these degenerate into long-lived off-topic
> threads, and that's where I'd like to see the MLC's effort focused.
>
> Steve
I think Steve's comments speak well for me as well. I second what he
said and believe it is representative of consensus from what we heard so
far.
Anyone else seconding this?
Gadi.
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