3 lists, that would just be unmanageable.Better is a rule of thumb, politics should be allowed as long as it is strictly on topic politics that isn't causing a problem, otherwise as with any other off topic subject it ought to go to B.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:42 AM, OrionWorks <svj.orionwo...@gmail.com>wrote: > From Steven Krivit: > > > Any or all of us could take responsibility in helping to > > maintain the effectiveness and integrity of the list. > > > > I was not acutely aware that RELIGION and POLITICS were > > inappropriate subjects here until this recent flare-up. I, > > of course, thought they were OT, but tolerated. > > > > Now if the word from our sponsor (Bill) says that, in > > fact, RELIGION and POLITICS are inappropriate here, then > > I won't hesitate to jump in and remind someone about that > > if I notice it. Nor should anyone else, IMO. > > > > Once the reminder is placed in the thread, a yellow (or > > red) flag is raised. The person is reminded that they have > > the option to move the thread over to the other forum. > > Simple and polite. If they don't move it, or they argue, > > they're bucking for a ban. > > > > It is our way of helping Bill to provide this service for > > us. This is how community works. We make and abide by > > certain rules and we collectively support them. > > > > Yes? > > Anybody else agree with this? > > > > > > Anybody else willing to help watch the list for (purely) > > RELIGION and POLITIC threads? (I presume that threads about > > energy politics are acceptable.) > > > > Steve > > Steve, I'm under the impression that some participants continue to > debate whether politics of any kind are acceptable within vortex-l > prime. If so that would mean many of your valuable contributions would > be considered inappropriate as well. > > I have just posted another topic, a proposal to consider the creation > of a new discussion group, Vortex-LoT [VoT] for the specific purpose > of discussing OT views that may have possibly originated within > vortex-l prime [Vo]. But with one major difference from [VoB]: The new > [VoT] group would be where the same netiquette rules apply. Please > see: > > "Discussion/Debate: Creating [VoT] to handle OT discussions" > > And please feel free to comment, pro or con, on the matter. > > I'm just trying to find out if some might think that such a proposal > could turn out to be a good solution...or not. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
