Could we have a centos-offtopic list please, so anything that would be considered OT can be posted there? That way it would keep anything considered as OT and list-noise off the main centos specific list. So each users then has the option of being on the main centos list, and/or the centos-offtopic list as well. That would keep the more experienced centos users happy, and allow us less experienced centos users to also learn from each other as well. I for one like to learn from such posts as the [CentOS] OT: Hardware upgrade help, as 64 bit is something I'm interested in learning about from other centos users that wish to contribute to threads like these. I think the centos-offtopic list should also be centos related, but not so strict postings as the current list is. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------
--On Thursday, August 25, 2011 12:00 PM +0100 Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> wrote:> I think the centos-offtopic list should also be centos > related, but not so strict postings as the current list is.Perhaps a better split would be centos-tech for "on topic" stuff specifically about the OS and its packages, and something like centos-misc for everything else. And perhaps a centos-advocacy for stuff like the griping (whether justified or not) of the last few months, and for talking about rival distros. (This mirrors the way the comp.os.linux newsgroups are split.) I consider the hardware threads on-topic insofar as they're about system requirements for running the OS. Getting hardware to work with Linux has always been an important issue.
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 11:00 +0100, Keith Roberts wrote:> Could we have a centos-offtopic list please, so anything > that would be considered OT can be posted there?A sensible idea supported by sensible reasons. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.
On 08/25/2011 11:00 AM, Keith Roberts wrote:> Could we have a centos-offtopic list please, so anything > that would be considered OT can be posted there?an offtopic list would need to come with a lot more moderation here then. - KB
On Thursday, August 25, 2011 06:53:35 AM Karanbir Singh wrote:> On 08/25/2011 11:00 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > > Could we have a centos-offtopic list please, so anything > > that would be considered OT can be posted there? > > an offtopic list would need to come with a lot more moderation here then.Agreed. I'd suggest calling the list 'centos-social' after the IRC channel, with similar protocol for using it versus the main centos list. Makes things consistent, too, since then regardless of whether it's on IRC or e-mail the moderation can be 'take it to -social' across the board. But there will always be those who will push the limit... simply because that's human nature.
Keith Roberts wrote:> Could we have a centos-offtopic list please, so anything > that would be considered OT can be posted there?I don't think that is necessary; this newsgroup does not seem to me to be over-loaded with OT material, or indeed with material of any kind. Splitting it would just be a nuisance, in my case at least. Surely it is easy enough to avoid reading an article labelled OT? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Ross Walker wrote:> On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:53 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: >> On 08/25/2011 11:00 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >>> Could we have a centos-offtopic list please, so anything >>> that would be considered OT can be posted there?<snip>> How about specific on-topic lists, such as: > > centos.storage > centos.deploy > centos.manage > .I don't think those are specific enough. How 'bout centos.storage.dell, or centos.storage.dell.perc400 centos.storage.dell.perc700 ? *sigh* So we should all subscribe to how many lists? And then there's the threads that I wander into, that turn out to be very interesting, or useful, that I wouldn't have subscribed to. mark
On Thursday, August 25, 2011 12:53:20 PM Les Mikesell wrote:> And if anything drove posters away from here it was certain people > telling them their input wasn't wanted.Or correcting them in miniscule details and arguing about it ad nauseum.