Author: Stephen A. Boak
Date: 18:19:12 12/03/00
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On December 03, 2000 at 16:41:10, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On December 03, 2000 at 13:53:47, Stephen A. Boak wrote: > >>I vote to move all off-topics to the General Chess Forum--rapidly, when detected >>by the moderators themselves or after a reader complaint. This should be a >>simple solution (I hope). >> >>I think posters themselves should have the self-control to avoid off-topic >>posting in the Computer Chess forum. Alas, they often do not. >> >>Then those who want attention on 'off-topics' may have it, in the general forum >>(which I virtually never read!). The thread may languish at its leisure, die in >>relative obscurity, and not interfere with those who are studying or enjoying >>computer chess topics. >> >>How about it? > >What is that board for? Everything that isn't for here? > >bruce Is your question real or rhetorical? If real, don't ask me, ask Mr. Schwartz, the owner of the board. If rhetorical, okay here's my reply: :) You have two boards intended to keep certain types of postings segregated, due to topicality. The first board is intended only for topics specifically involving computer chess (specific emphasis on computer). The second board is intended for all other general chess topics that are non-computer in nature (emphasis on non-computer). Thus I believe an off-topic posting (having *nothing* to do with computer chess) on, say, elections, should be put in the more general forum (general chess forum) rather than the more specific forum (computer chess forum). This reserves the forum with the more specific posting topic for the more specific posts. If the moderators do not moderate to the extent of deleting off-topic posts (and that would be my preference, although as Bob says if an off-topic thread is short-lived it may often simply be ignored) , then they should at least move them to the non-specific forum where they interfere less with the nature of the specific forum (for computer chess!). However, if you must handle the threads in order to move them to the General Chess Forum, where the threads are also off-topic, then you might simply delete them, saving further inconvenience to the General Chess Forum readers who at least expect that board's postings to concern chess in general. --Steve
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