uh.... no, no and no.

But, in each case, I can identify a broad general subject matter: something that (traditionally) relied on rhyming or rhythm; note-worthy information (usually fresh), and a teaching document of some sort; IOW, poetry, news and a tut.

And I do think that "topic" is accurately aliased as "broad general subject matter" FWIW (not very much, I fear) an online Roget's-sourced Thesaurus ( http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/topic )seems to support that reading, with:

Concept Thesaurus for word topic
Synonyms - noun
    subject of thought
    subject 
    ....

Nonetheless I emphatically agree with you that most suggestions for new topics (e.g., Perl 6; javascript; etc) are too narrow and -- when relevant to Perl (regardless of the trailing number) -- questions, tuts, news items are fine for SOPW, Tutorials or Perl News. I just am not happy with your version of the meaning of "topic."

Spirit of the Monastery

In reply to Re^9: [OT] How about an Off Topic Section? by ww
in thread [OT] How about an Off Topic Section? by flexvault

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