Herbert Graf wrote:
>On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 20:14 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>> I do not understand why the admins are so stubborn on this one.
>
>Where does it end Xiaofan? Assume we add another tag, how long before
>something else comes up causing another request for another tag? And
>then another? 
>
>This is the "P" "I" "C" list; the fact that other discussion is here is
>VERY useful IMHO, but we have to keep in mind that something may be lost
>if so many topic tags start appearing that people can't keep track of
>what goes where. What then would be the point of coming here when there
>are so many forums that cater to pretty much everything out there?
>
>Amazingly, only 2 tags are causing a firestorm, imagine what 10 tags
>would be like?

Totally agree... If Russell were to only count the number of people
that have voiced an opinion that the GW thread belongs in [OT] instead
of [EE], compare that to the count of people who claim it's actually 
good engineering content and apply some democracy, there wouldn't be
a problem.

So far he has failed to do this, which IMO demonstrates a total lack of 
respect for his peers, and leads me to have little or no expectation 
that he would use [SCI] or other tags properly either.

The stigma [OT] has is unfounded. This is PICList, mainly subscribed to 
by Engineers. Therefore the PICList [OT] can be better described as 
"Off Topic that Engineers might find interesting". This is not a bad 
place for a thread to be.

I like the idea of [EE] encompassing non-electrical engineering, in the
context of "Everything Engineering" but when we drift off into 
politics, Nazis, conspiracy theories etc. it is unquestionably OT.

Science (Pure or Pseudo) <> Engineering

It would be far safer to introduce these Environmental Science and 
Physical Science subjects into [OT] and should we be lucky enough that 
a branch of discussion enters back into real engineering, at that 
point, bring that part of it back into [EE].

I've been lurking for a few months, as a noob PIC hobbyist and think 
the list and its contributing members (including Russell) offer true 
value to those who need to learn (such as myself).

Andy.
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