[ale] [OT] Enough of the OT Crap!!

[Cade Thacker]

Hey John, well spoken. I don't understand why people are getting so worked
up about this...  In the grand plan of things, this is such a stupid
discussion.  That I can't even believe that that we are even arguing about
this!  If I did want a receipe for a Dutch Apple Pie and I thought that
somebody in this community might have the answer then why can't I ask the
question? errrr...

As you can see I have added the [OT] to the suject just to be nice to
somebody who has set up their filters.....

--cade

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On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, John Wells wrote:

> Jeez o' pete.
>
> Alright, here's the way I look at it.  I am not a founder.  I am not the
> only member here.  I don't own ale.  I don't make the rules.  Ale existed
> before me, and it will exist after I'm gone.
>
> Therefore, I can't tell anyone here what to post and what not to post.
> I'm not going to ask everyone to first send me their message and let me
> peruse it to make sure it adheres to purely on-topic standards.  If
> someone wants to post their Nostradamic predictions, I'm certainly not
> going to email them and bitch them out for doing so.
>
> It's their right to post it, and it's your right to bitch them out.  Go
> ahead.
>
> I personally don't mind if the topic sometimes strays from Linux.  If
> we're quoting the web site, well, "The ALE group is loosely organized,
> with a few people acting as contact points and no charter to bog things
> down."  Loose, in my opinion, is good.
>
> If the group, as it exists, drives people away, well, hate to see you go.
> Try to shape it to your view of how it should be before you give up (I
> guess you are :)).  If you change it, so be it.  All I know is that I see
> value in Ale, both on and off topic.  I'll still be here, regardless.
>
> John
>
> >
> > This has already been decided long ago by the creators of ALE.
> >
> >     "ale: Main mailing list, for general Linux questions,
> >      discussions and information."
> >
> >      From: http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml
> >
> >
> > I wonder what drove away most of the ALE founders... perhaps it was all
> > the OT crap.  Sad.
> >
> > -Jim P.
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
> >>
> >> As it is, I don't think it's an inherent right of one, two or twenty
> >> Ale members to dictate what the others on the list are allowed to
> >> post.  If someone polled the entire group, gave everyone the chance to
> >> respond, and found the majority moving for no OT posts, I'd abide by
> >> that.
> >>
> >> John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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