I'm used to

[OT] for things that the majority of the list would probably have an interest
in, but don't apply directly to the 'charter' of the list

[WOT] for things which have spurred off of another thread, which many in the
list are participating in, but are not even related to anything close to the
list charter.

A new thread would never start out [wot], but could start out [ot].  If only two
people are still participating in a [wot] topic, they should continue privately,
but if several are participating then there shouldn't be a problem with allowing
this forum for it - as long as it doesn't go for _too_ long...

-Adam

My$ = "0.02"

"William K. Borsum" wrote:
>
> Greetings all:
> Just wanted to toss an idea out and see if anyone salutes:
>
> [OT] is used, in theory, to identify things that are "Off Topic" for this
> list.  As has been pointed out, there are OT topics that are technical and
> pertinent to the list in one way or another, and other topics that are
> truly non-technical.
>
> How about [TOT] or some such for "Technical, but Off Topic" and [NOT] for
> "Not Technical, and way Off Topic"?
>
> Would let all of us set our filters with a reasonable chance of getting the
> good technical OT stuff like the discussion on SMD soldering techniques.
>
> Kelly
>
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