>> Here's a better idea I'm putting out there to see how fast it gets shot >> down: openbsd-wiki.org, with a rule that whoever gets a question answered on >> misc has to add an entry with the cleaned reply. It'd do wonders for misc's >> signal/noise because lazy fucks, retards and trolls would think twice before >> posting and legitimate users would get answers faster and silently, in >> whatever available languages. > >How is that going to stop the 'retards and trolls' from posting? >What are the consequences for people who break the rule, and who is >going to enforce it? Have you really thought this through?
I have and others have before me. Repeat offenders get blacklisted, either server- or client-side, doesn't matter. Really they're just another form of spam. OpenBSD already has various decision-makers; reducing @misc noise would be just another position and as with spam you could have a number of filters before they make it to the grey list. >> Dynamic content & proper search would also put an end to "just wade through >> marc.info" fuck-offs and self-righteous RTFD when one has to "egrep -Rli >> serial /usr/share/man", say. Man/info pages are the ultimate /reference/, >> they're not meant to solve high-level problems. The FAQs are really are no >> FAQs at all but a gigantic snowball with floppy install instructions >> crucially leaving out 5 1/4" and 8" media. > >I don't understand why the floppy install option gets you so riled up. >I happen to have a couple of IBM Thinkpads from the early 2000's, >which still work quite well with the exception of unreliable cdrom >drives. So I like knowing the floppy option is there. Good for you. You don't absolutely need it to be so prominent in a linear document though right? -- p
