> Maybe you should hold a poll again, I believe we sort of had one a while > ago, to me it looked like the outcome was that most people wanted to keep > off topic posts marked with [OT], but I could be wrong there.
The general guide for off-topic posts is to use [OT] in the subject. This lets people know and they can decide if they want to read or not - they can even filter these messages and never read if they wish. The outcome of our last round of discussions was to use the discussion room for topics that are dragging on, or slightly off topic. We will now also try to include threads that are off-topic but of interest to members. > PS. I agree with Mario S. Cisneros' comment. Unfortunately, I disagree. If we allowed any topic related to the Web (i.e. standards, design, app development, database engineering, systems integration, education, etc.) we would have an extremely wide brief and web standards would be drowned out by discussions on other web topics - which defeats the entire purpose of the list. I think the point that seems to be missed here is that the mission of this list is to spread the word about web standards and to help developers move towards web standards. It is not to educate or spread info to developers about the entire web. There are hundreds of lists and forums available now days. If this list is too restrictive for you, rather than trying to force this list to change to suit your needs, it might be worth finding a list that suits your purpose. A good start for a broad topic list would be Webdesign-L. Russ ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
