[tde-users] Re: Let the war end, off vs. on topic

On Friday 25 February 2022 01:43:31 pm Borg Labs wrote: Hi Kate, That was actually the first thing I thought of before publishing my "solution." The reason I didn’t go with it, is: - Divides the list in two. - There would be so many technical posts solely on the off topic list, it’d make the on topic list pointless. - Because of 1&2, there would be a huge number of duplicate posts (e.g. posting same thing to both lists). - People adding one client filter is a huge amount of less work for Slávek and the other list admins. - I do think we already have a pretty good set of (unpublished) community values handling respect and civility. [1] - And to that end, the off topic posters (in the past) have been pretty good about adding tags to their subject lines. No solution is going to be perfect, what I’m forcing on the list is “just better” (and accommodates everyone) than the one Mike keeps trying to force. Well, that’s obviously my opinion... If someone else can come up with something better (for everyone!, not just a minority, or even a majority), then by all means let them speak up! Best, Michael [1] I’ve never seen anyone one on the list every call somebody else a name. Mike and I have possibly gotten close to that, but I don’t think either of us has ever let this extremely long term disagreement influence how we respect each other’s skills or even persons.