On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 05:24:16PM +1000, Lindsay Sprinter wrote:
The advice given to either post to luv-talk or simply to pretend the moderaters have walked off a cliff just dodges the issue and this is
the moderators haven't 'walked off a cliff'. there's a long-standing semi-official policy and practice that they only step in in extreme situations. given that, it's reasonable to assume that unless a moderator tells you otherwise then your posts are OK. also, "all things not expressly forbidden are permitted" is far better and more pleasant than the reverse. somebody posting technical but not specifically linux-related stuff doesn't even remotely qualify as an extreme situation. and as i've said before, happens quite frequently with other non-linux-specific hardware topics like motherboards, graphics cards, disk drives, routers and so on. (drivers, compatibility, and configuration tips for these things are linux-related. specs, performance, price, suppliers and so on - pretty much everything else - aren't).
effectively forcing ignorance in some form and this is something I have no time for, and I do mean __NO__ time for.
Important point, this last item is something that __REALLY__ bothers me, that is the group is in some way enforcing some level of ignorance.
i think you're way over-reacting. *ONE* list member asked you to move it to luv-talk. Jason's no more the official voice of LUV than I am, or you are, or any other non-committee member. some others have agreed that it's probably a better place, and others have said it's OK on luv-talk. and i still think that non-linux-specific hardware discussions are a grey area that is equally appropriate for either luv-talk or luv-main. and i also think that *all* that Jason's request succeeded in doing was replacing a useful and interesting thread about hardware with a quite boring one about list policy. which is one of the practical reasons behind the mostly-hands-off moderation policy. most things die down of their own accord, but attempting to shut them down generally prolongs them and makes them worse. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #412: Radial Telemetry Infiltration