On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 07:51:43PM +0000, Benjamin A'Lee wrote: > While I see your point, the fact that the channel has "debian" in the > name suggests that the channel has something to do with the Debian > Project. If I set up a website at debian-offtopic.com and filled it with > sexist jokes, Nazi propaganda, or anything of the sort, people would > rightly be offended. > > While many/most people here may know that Freenode is not the official > Debian IRC network, who's to say that a newcomer will realise that > (after all, there's a #debian etc. there too)? While I realise that it's > not possible to police every single network, Freenode is a very large > and popular one, and I think Debian would be completely justified in > preventing people using its name. The behaviour in the channel, from > what I've heard, is not something that should be associated with Debian.
It has been decided to rename the current #debian-offtopic channel to ##debian-offtopic and keep #debian-offtopic around for people being off-topic in #debian to be directed there. So this is hopefully the end of this episode, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
