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Old 19th Feb 2007, 10:24
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john_tullamarine
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We should tend to be fairly generous in how we might interpret "technical" matters.

At the end of the day ..

(a) if a thread is too silly, we probably will remove/lock it .. doesn't happen all that often in this Forum

(b) if it gets a bit silly (etc.), we will moderate it in an endeavour to guide it back onto the paths of PPRuNe righteousness

(c) if it's too boring, few will bother replying to it and it gurgles down to the bottom of the quagmire

(d) if it seems a little simplistic or trivial, then hopefully the subject matter will be discussed politely and rationally and one or more folk will go away with a bit better appreciation of the subject ... often such threads only attract a few responses ... on occasion, they can generate a great deal of interest.

One needs to keep in mind that we all started out in this game knowing something between nothing and not very much .. so we must preserve, quite rigorously, an opportunity for the newbies to test the waters and develop their knowledge .. as did those with greyer beards all those years ago ..

(e) if the subject has lots of meat to it, then so much the better for the majority of readers.

However, there is no "one size fits all" in this Forum .. so we probably should exercise a bit more tolerance to reflect the spectrum of reader backgrounds.

About the only thing we insist on is that excessive rudeness etc. not be tolerated ... the Forum is a place of rational and, in the main, gentle discussion.

The Forum definitely is NOT some sort of elitist conclave where only those annointed with Tinkerbelle's pixie dust may come ...
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