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Matrix Glitch
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31 Aug 2022, 11:03 pm

In my experience in discussion forums (which is fairly considerable) a topic can only be discussed so much. And when discussion on the topic has run dry, it either dies or goes off topic. A thread that otherwise would be dead going off topic isn't a problem in my opinion. I've seen my own threads go on long after I myself lost interest in discussing the topic I brought up.



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31 Aug 2022, 11:54 pm

Matrix Glitch wrote:
In my experience in discussion forums (which is fairly considerable) a topic can only be discussed so much. And when discussion on the topic has run dry, it either dies or goes off topic. A thread that otherwise would be dead going off topic isn't a problem in my opinion. I've seen my own threads go on long after I myself lost interest in discussing the topic I brought up.


That too, quite a few of our most popular and long running threads were started by banned or inactive members, I get the occasional chuckle when I see some of the names.


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01 Sep 2022, 9:26 am

Dox47 wrote:
See, I don't think that's tenable, WP "custom" to the contrary, as we also have rules against duplicate topics and thread merges in News are fairly common.


That is a fair point. It could theoretically be used to shutdown unwanted discussion. Maybe there could be an exception to the duplicate rule if a topic is "course-corrected"?


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06 Sep 2022, 5:39 am

"Off topic" is just WP slang for "doubleplusungood" and/or "crimethink". It is what it is. Most online forums are like that, sadly.

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06 Sep 2022, 11:20 am

Aspie1 wrote:
"Off topic" is just WP slang for "doubleplusungood" and/or "crimethink".

No, it's not, although sometimes it does mean "contentious enough to be quarantined to its own thread, lest it completely displace other discussions."


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07 Sep 2022, 3:17 am

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Please, do not derail the derailment thread :lol: Keep partisan politics confined to PPR.


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07 Sep 2022, 4:56 am

itscomplicated wrote:
your not allowed to derail the thread derailment thread ! ! ! :skull: