[TriLUG] OT and OT

[Steve Litt]

LOL, Steve, you haven't been on the Debian-Users mailing list lately,
have you? :-)

SteveT

On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:26:25 -0400 (EDT)
Steve Burnett <burnett at pobox.com> wrote:

> On-topic should be the default intent of a post to the list, and so
> need no indication of being so.
> 
> Exceptions benefit from being indicated as such, and so the presence
> of an OT flag is interpreted as Off Topic.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014, M. R. wrote:
> 
> > I realize that it is my responsibility to remember that OT stands
> > for
> >
> > 1. ON topic
> > 2. OFF topic.
> >
> > But, for the life of me, I fail in this responsibility.
> >
> > Perhaps trilug as a group could agree on two terms with greater
> > contrast in their abbreviations?
> > I know the conversion would be a period of angst and confusion, but
> > I believe that like passwords, the pain would pass and life would
> > be as good or better afterward.
> >
> > E.g.
> > no abbreviations and no "T", requires only one extra keystroke and
> > only part of the time, is self-defining.
> >
> > 1.   ON
> > 2. OFF
> >
> > Of course, this is all subject to the usual list dialogue.;-)
> >