[META] Re: Proposal: User list forking.
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On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> Hello fellow Debian users.
>
> I propose that we fork the debian-user list such that there are one or two
> lists whose content is limited to technical questions and answers. If we
> had a debian-help list, we could have a rule to keep political/policy
> discussions off the list. This could be accomplished by giving N warnings
> to an individual who is misposting, followed by removal from the list.
> This would allow users who just want to get things done to avoid the
> occaisional flame war over policy, etc.
Why could this not be done on debian-user right now? Also how do you
determine when a discussion is off-topic? Is talking about how the
developers want to change the version number off-topic? Is talking about
the list off-topic?
Anand.
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