Re: What does group consider to be "on topic"?
On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:58:36 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:57:11PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:06:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:07:38PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> >> Anyway, whether you are in doubt you can always tag the subject
>> >> accordingly to avoid complains from the rest of the mailing list
>> >> participants.
>> >
>> > Oh, right! like if you turn your hazard lights on in your car you can
>> > park anywhere you like. :(
>>
>> Well, exactly... that's what an OT flag is for: you are saying "hey,
>> people, something happens here but I don't know what, watch out!"
>>
>> Okay, what do you prefer, that people stops asking here because they're
>> afraid of the mailing list users reaction? Nah, that would be even
>> worst, I'm more in the line of "you first shoot and then ask" as no one
>> can be "harmed" here >;-)
>
> How about suggesting the use of:
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
> instead?
It does not apply for the case we are treating here: you post into the
offtopic mailing list when you know *beforehand* that you are not going
to ask for something related to Debian not when you are in doubt :-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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