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in reply to Classifieds section?
Last year, I was fairly opposed to any kind of off topic section (jobs, non-perl, whatever).
Now, I would agree to a section marked "Off Topic",
where people can post whatever they want, classifieds, job ads, javascript questions, anything that doesn't fit into the current sections.
I am opposed to a specific "Classifieds" section, but not an Off-Topic section where basically anything goes.
Because there is no stopping the flurry of (OT) I like perlmonks, how fix car software posts,
and a lot of monks don't care to merely delete all such posts, they need to go into their own section, off-topic.
I want a single section to discourage things from getting out of hand. |
Re^2: Classifieds section? (OT bin)
by tye (Sage) on Sep 23, 2003 at 15:53 UTC
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That's what I'd do. The off-topic section would have no place on the "front page". I'd also do other steps to make an "off-topic" section less of a problem...
Have a user setting so that monks can choose to not see such in Newest Nodes and have it set such that Anonymous Monk does not see them. Make Super Search default to not searching such. Have the "off topic" "section page" (like Seekers of Perl Wisdom and Meditations) only show titles not the contents of root nodes. I'd be tempted to not have a "post new off-topic node" form, but I think that wouldn't be helpful. Probably just not allow Anonymous Monk to post new off-topic root nodes (make it a level 4 power but don't advertise that). Charge 2 XP for posting an off-topic root node or having your node moved into the off-topic section... (:
- tye
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