Why have d-community-offtopic? ( What does group consider to be "on topic"?)

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:46:31 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 01:45:15PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:58:36 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>> > How about suggesting the use of:
>> > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
>> > instead?
>>
>> It does not apply for the case we are treating here: you post into the
>> offtopic mailing list when you know *beforehand* that you are not going
>> to ask for something related to Debian not when you are in doubt :-)
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense that if you **think it could** be off topic
> that you post to the off topic list?

Only when you estimate the probability for being OT minor to 50%.

> What sort of posts would go to d-community-offtopic? How do I cook
> brocolli? How do I spell brocolli? I genuinely interested in any
> thoughts.

Yes, exactly.

But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with the
current Debian stable. Hope you see the "slightly" difference between a
brocolli and Oracle.

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On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with the
> current Debian stable. Hope you see the "slightly" difference between a
> brocolli and Oracle.

Umm, I think so. I hope you see Oracle support doesn't come under
the "umbrella" of debian-user.

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On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:19:07 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with the
>> current Debian stable. Hope you see the "slightly" difference between a
>> brocolli and Oracle.
>
> Umm, I think so. I hope you see Oracle support doesn't come under
> the "umbrella" of debian-user.

No, of course; it was just an example for a question that can fit here
tagged with [OT].

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On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:32:14AM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:19:07 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> >> But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with the
> >> current Debian stable. Hope you see the "slightly" difference between a
> >> brocolli and Oracle.
> >
> > Umm, I think so. I hope you see Oracle support doesn't come under
> > the "umbrella" of debian-user.
>
> No, of course; it was just an example for a question that can fit here
> tagged with [OT].

But, it **IS** ON TOPIC if they are not looking for Oracle support, so
marking it [OT] is counter productive.

logical conclusion:
d-community-offtopic would be the list to post to if they wanted free
Oracle support.

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On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:06:48 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:32:14AM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:19:07 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:46:43PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> >> But I wouldn't post there how to configure an Oracle database with
>> >> the current Debian stable. Hope you see the "slightly" difference
>> >> between a brocolli and Oracle.
>> >
>> > Umm, I think so. I hope you see Oracle support doesn't come under
>> > the "umbrella" of debian-user.
>>
>> No, of course; it was just an example for a question that can fit here
>> tagged with [OT].
>
> But, it **IS** ON TOPIC if they are not looking for Oracle support, so
> marking it [OT] is counter productive.

And when is that to happen? What's the line that makes the difference
between both? In the end, you are asking for support about an Oracle
product, right?

> logical conclusion:
> d-community-offtopic would be the list to post to if they wanted free
> Oracle support.

The list to post would be in that case the Oracle forum or mailing lists
but the OP already knows that and he/she is not looking for *that kind*
of support, that's why he/she tags the subject as OT here, not in debian
offtopic ML.

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