On Oct 13, 2012, at 11:00 PM, Butch Evans <but...@butchevans.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-10-13 at 23:43 -0400, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >> I dunno about that.. While I can understand everyone wanting to have >> only relevant discussion on the main list... > > Question is, what do those who complain consider "relevant"? Every list > I'm on has the same set of topics to some degree. UBNT, Mikrotik, > Canopy (Cabmium or whatever), WISP business, etc. While there ARE lists > created specifically for these topics, they all are made up of WISPs and > people will ask their question where they are most comfortable...NOT > where it is most appropriate (if that is different). My Mikrotik list > has been rather quiet lately, but even on a Mikrotik specific list, > there are other topics that come up. I think people should just create > better filters for their email (unless you use windows or gmail, which > limits your ability to create good filters). Alternatively, instead of > posting ANOTHER off-topic message whining about an off-topic message, > why not send a PRIVATE message to the moderator asking THEM to address > the issue. Looks like I'm gonna have to figure out how to match this > type of whining in a regex so I don't have to see it anyway. FWIW I think it is better to think about lists in terms of the community represented and not the official topic of conversation. This is why AFMUG along with the general & members lists are so popular and the topicification of P15 & WISPA results in fairly dead subject matter lists. NANOG is a fairly general list as well that seems community centered. Outages & x-NSP are the only dedicated topic lists that I'm aware of that actually have enough traction to be useful. _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
