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in thread Off topic question re: DNS registration.

I just ++ed you for answering a question well. I find it annoying that such questions are immediately barked at. I just yesterday read a bunch of nodes on the issue of moderation/consideration. The consensus is that we are to allow some offtopic content esp if it can clearly have some relevance to the ordinary monk's life with Perl. And I believe this is relevant to anyone who might try placing scripts online; which is a large amount of the monks.

I tried looking around, but couldn't find the nodes in question anymore. I believe we really need to have everyone who has consideration powers read up a bit on how to use them; too much is considered and too often is it reaped, in my opinion.

There's a difference between offtopic as in discussing the latest Britney Spears and offtopic as in discussing server maintenance business.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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by u914 (Pilgrim) on Jun 06, 2002 at 23:06 UTC
    Well, community standards are just that.. standards set by the community.

    That said, i agree that there's a vast difference between OT things like "hot bi girl looking for geeky perl coders" and BrowserUK's question.

    perhaps there should be a separate area for such related, but not-strictly-Perl questions?
    Sort of a 'sump' for the things that might be relevant to a lot of folks' lives, but not quite up to the 'standards' of the regular SoPW or whatever.

    hmmm...

      I don't think it's necessary. We don't have to approve nodes if they're OT. And we can downvote them. Consideration was added as a means to deal with trolls without having to bother our lord and master, not as a means of censorship.

      Makeshifts last the longest.