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[OT] On- and off-topic postings (was: Strecthed Fonts)

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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Name one.  I am not aware of any recently.  Of course, I am not reading
>> most messages coming from Google Groups, thanks to its intrinsically bad
>> S/N ratio.
> 
> "FAQ Topic - How can I create a Date object from a String?
> (2011-02-15) "
> 
> Just look at how many of those messages actually have something to do
> with Dates at all. Sure, its related to JavaScript, but I wouldn't
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> count that towards relevance really since the relationship to the OP
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> is stretched. There are many threads that end up like this.

You have a misconception there.  A posting or a part of a posting is called 
"off-topic" if it does not relate to the topic of the *newsgroup* at all.

The topic of a newsgroup is described in the newsgroup's charter and 
tagline, but is actually defined implicitly by the regularly active 
participants of the newsgroup (regulars) through their use.  As such, it may 
gradually change over time, as it is the case with comp.lang.javascript: 
Even though charter and tagline says that Netscape JavaScript is the topic, 
we are already discussing other ECMAScript implementations than 
JavaScript[tm] and common applications of these programming languages like 
DOM scripting here by now.  (And that is good so.  However, it would also be 
a good idea if the charter and tagline would be updated accordingly.)

What you are describing above is called "thread drift" instead, which is 
usual and healthy for Network News and, I daresay, any electronic discussion 
medium.  Keep in mind that this is _not_ a support forum.


HTH

F'up2 PointedEars
-- 
    realism:    HTML 4.01 Strict
    evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
    madness:    XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
                                                    -- Bjoern Hoehrmann

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                Re: Strecthed Fonts Was: Re: allow blocked content "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-26 19:46 -0800
                Re: Strecthed Fonts Was: Re: allow blocked content Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-27 14:08 +0100
                Re: Strecthed Fonts Was: Re: allow blocked content "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-27 08:33 -0800
                [OT] On- and off-topic postings (was: Strecthed Fonts) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-01-27 19:09 +0100
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