Re: On-Topic and Off-Topic discussions in c.l.j.

On 03/08/2006 10:04, VK wrote:

Richard Cornford wrote:

How often is it going to be necessary to tell you; threads do not
have topics, they have subjects, which do not limit/restrict the
matters discussed in the thread?

Timothy Larson said it so good about the attitude demonstrated by
some individuals like you that it is in my bookmarks for a very longe
time.

Timothy Larson made seemingly no attempt to read previous articles, of which there were a great many, and he was rightly criticised for it. Discussions of XHTML occur so frequently in c.i.w.a.html that it shouldn't even be necessary to use Google Groups to find existing threads.

He was in no position to lecture anyone on posting to Usenet.

[snip]

Now we're back to your own words...

It is also not a crime now to use a NG as a forum

It already is, in the sense that it's a place for open discussion (albeit one with a particular focus).

- thus to start a thread for a problem which is not diresctly
connected with a posted technical question.

?

If you feel like to discuss with people you know problems "Should 3rd
party libraries be used" or "Micro$oft must die!" or anything else
you are free to do so *under an appropriate subject*.

At the same time you do /not/ discuss "Should 3rd party libraries be used" in some "I'm getting error on line #20" thread; or personality issues in "comp.lang.javascript FAQ problem".

Given your tendency to drift off on tangents, I really don't see how you can berate anyone else.

[snip]

You frequently display an inability to understand the facts of a given subject, both here and in other groups. To notify others of your unreliability, especially those that couldn't know any different, is entirely on-topic anywhere the need arises.

You are only a special case because of the consistency of your mistakes, and your oft observed unwillingness or inability to learn. There is only one problem here, and only one person that can fix it. Don't look to anyone else to change.

Mike
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