On Fri, March 30, 2007 5:04 pm, Karl Cunningham wrote: > On 3/30/2007 4:38 PM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> I would rather live with OT pain than go to moderation. > > I agree. > >> The "Derailleur" approach sounds most promising to me. A notice of the >> switch can be posted to -list, and as someone remarked, interested >> parties who are unwilling to subscribe to (or examine archives of) >> -kooler is not the concern of the poster. > > I like this. But what about plain 'ole "slap 'em around a bit and see if > they'll shape up". > > What about this: > 1. All the regulars of this list take the initiative to start threads on > and move threads they're involved with to the kooler when they first > become OT. I for one will sure do that from now on. > > 2. Automatically (one per month?) post a canned message to the list > telling everyone to take anything that is/becomes OT to the kooler. Give > it a unique subject line so subscribers can /dev/null and never see > them, and don't let them into the archives. I hate these kind of > messages that come out on several lists I subscribe to, but maybe it's > the lesser of the evils. > > 3. Anyone who is annoyed/offended/whatever by OT posts, say so when it > happens, and others be respectful and move discussions to the kooler. If > people persist, give 'em notice and blacklist them for a while. > > > This wouldn't be a foolproof solution but it might help enough to make > the list more appealing to those dissatisfied with the current situation. > > I understand that people shouldn't have to put up with OT posts at all > and no one should have to remind others about this stuff, but maybe > that's the price to be paid for an easy-to-use, lively, by-and-large > on-topic list. > >
IT ... COULD ... WORK!!! ... and my apologies for my part in the recent frankenthread. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
