----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Graf" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [EE] Un-subscribbling so Russell can play all he wants > > 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? > > TTYL I agree that the addition of tags may not be the answer. >From the web site, "The PICList is a collection of people interested in the Microchip PIC and other similar processors..." How about just letting this list revert to being a PIC list with the current (short) list of microcontrollers thrown in? Delete (or more closely define) the [EE] tag and make everything else [OT]. While I enjoy a lot of the electrical engineering discussion, and I would miss those posts, there may be a list somewhere that is designed for that subject. If not, there must be a budding sysadmin on this list who would JUMP at the chance to start one. I retired from the U.S.Navy over 21 years ago. We had a saying that "a bitching sailor is a happy sailor". If that flows over into civilian life, we have some ecstatic folks on this list. Richard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist