Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 13:07:27 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: fbsd@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo Message-ID: <44622BDF.3090703@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <20060510173448.GC57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEJHHGAA.fbsd@a1poweruser.com> <446200A8.9020901@scls.lib.wi.us> <20060510173448.GC57941@epia2.farid-hajji.net>
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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) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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