Author: Chessfun
Date: 19:53:51 12/03/00
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On December 03, 2000 at 21:19:12, Stephen A. Boak wrote: >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. Beeeep wrong. >If rhetorical, okay here's my reply: :) Correct. >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. This makes no sense at all. These are two specific forums for Chess one involving computers the other not. Those are the subjects that should be posted. No others. >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!). The problem is the moderators are not consistant with either their policy regarding deletion or the methods chosen. >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. You got it. Sarah.
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