On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 22:06 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:56 PM, 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; > > Do not forget the admins have many tags created already which > are underused, like [ARM] and [AVR]. Why not create a new > one which at least Russell is heavily using? Underused tags don't concern us, since they don't cause a problem very often. I don't think anyone can claim that if an additional tag were introduced that more closely matched what Russell's posts encompass that it would be underused. That said Xiofan, you didn't answer my question: where does it end? Basically you're asking for a Russell oriented tag. Fine, what next? 2 months from now another poster may be interested in posting OT threads, but instead of putting them in OT where they belong (what is so wrong with the OT tag, noone seems to want to use it), they put them in the Russell tag. So, another tag should be created? And then another? Should we just have a tag for every thread? FWIW I believe we are leaning towards adding an additional tag and redefining the current tags, but a decision has not been made. Now, what follows are just my personal opinions and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Admins: I love the PICLIST, it is by far the best resource related to my profession that I have (except maybe google). I believe it is as good as it is because it has remained relatively focused on EE and CE type topics. The OT stuff is interesting sometimes, but I don't see why it should be given the preference in content some feel it should. If you want to really discuss that sort of stuff there are probably millions of forums to choose from out there. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist