From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 18:08:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8F1E16A64B for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 18:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4FE343D6E for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 18:07:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4AI7Zqx001539; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:07:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <44622BDF.3090703@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 13:07:27 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cpghost References: <446200A8.9020901@scls.lib.wi.us> <20060510173448.GC57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <20060510173448.GC57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: fbsd@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:08:17 -0000 cpghost wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:03:04AM -0500, Greg Barniskis wrote: >> No one is belittling the subject, only pointing out that it's both >> OT and done with. The appearance of the logo on the Web site is not >> a beginning, it's a finality. > > questions@ is for general user questions. The sex-toy just appeared > on the main website, and a user then asked questions about it. That's > a perfectly valid forum, *especially* considering the current time frame. Point taken. I could have phrased that better. * What/when/how did this happen? * How and when can it be undone? * Why didn't I hear about this before? These are indeed all perfectly valid questions. What I was trying to express is that the askers really don't seem to be accepting (or even seeing) the perfectly valid answers: * See the archives where this was beaten to death multiple times. * The best place to pursue such matters is in those forums chartered for PR and general chatter. * Read announce@. To those taking affront at such answers, no one is saying "oh, fork you!" in some intentionally rude or belittling way (at least, I'm not), they're saying forking (process-wise) to the appropriate forum is the logical thing to do. And [in response to the opposition party] no, I don't buy the assertion that questions@ is the correct forum to continue fighting in simply because it's popular. That's like saying spam is good because it reaches a lot of people cheaply. Forums have charters for reasons. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348