Brian J Mingus wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > >> It's not that those discussions wouldn't be relevant to have on this >> list, and periodically people try and encourage others to move them to a >> more public setting. It's that when this list continues to show a >> tendency for conversation to degenerate, as it just did, then it's quite >> hard to persuade people that they should want to have their discussions >> here. >> > > You believe that my reply to Tim is degenerate? That is offensive. >
There's a big difference between "degenerate" as a verb, and the same word as an adjective. The adjective is full of additional connotations. Past practice has shown that that the most effective way to keep a thread alive is to try to get it stopped. Ec _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
