Re: [offtopic] Topicality debate [my 2 bits]

2006-09-24 Thread Peter Dambier
Hi Gadi, I took the effort and looked into the other postings of some of the guys. I guess they are only keyword or sender envoked bots. I have never seen any positive postings from them. Kind regards Peter and Karin Gadi Evron wrote: On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, John Underhill wrote: -Moderated

[offtopic] Topicality debate [my 2 bits]

2006-09-23 Thread John Underhill
I hadn't checked this list for a week or so, and today was met with this deluge of posts regarding topicality [again], in response, might I offer a couple of stray thoughts? The debate and subsequent infighting has become far more disruptive now, then the occasional offtopic post. It is a

Re: [offtopic] Topicality debate [my 2 bits]

2006-09-23 Thread Josh Cheney
John Underhill wrote: [snip] There is the issue of sustaining readership. If window of acceptable subject matter is too narrow, appeal will decline, and with it some of the readership that we need to remain active will leave the list, hence we need some [reasonable] measure of flexibility

Re: [offtopic] Topicality debate [my 2 bits]

2006-09-23 Thread Gadi Evron
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, John Underhill wrote: -Moderated Approach Create an nanogofftopic@ to give a vent to members. If a post is clearly offtopic and not announced as such, use a 'three strikes your out' approach, first warning and inviting review of list guidelines, then as a last measure