Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:23:08 +0300
> Atis <atis@BEST.eu.org> wrote:
>
>
>> On 6/1/07, Peter Gruessing <reviewdirector@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I thought this was a Debian Linux mailing list?>????
>>>
>> Yes, this is, but there is often accusation, that this is list for
>> users of Debian, and as such, may contain any discussions of Debian
>> users.
>>
>> What i have to propose - create separate ML for offtopic discussions.
>> A little background for this:
>>
>> I'm involved in European student organization, and about half year ago
>> a separate ML was created, named junk@. It has no rules, and people
>> are encouraged to discuss there anything silly/political/religious,
>> without any consequences. What have become of it - it's really
>> strengthening community, making people to know each other better. Not
>> to mention, that other MLs have become much cleaner and topic-related.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Atis
>>
>>
>>
>
> Yes, but offtopic threads evolve from on-topic ones. It would be very
> annoying to see posts like this:
>
> ... this is I could do to you, and see my offtopic opinion on
> junk@list.
>
> Not to mention that when people not subscribed to the debian-user
> list read an offtopic reaction without the previous context (users
> will almost always forget to include it), most likely they will post
> several "What are you referring to?" answers.
>
> I just wanted to say that it's a good idea to have an unmoderated
> "offtopic" list, but it wouldn't reduce much of this list's offtopic
> messages.
>
>
Personally I like the anarchy of this OT stuff - and respect that people
*do* mark the subject line as [OT] which is entirely appropriate because
it enables those who do not want to pursue OT threads to scroll on by.

I say - keep it as it is.

A

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