Keeping the list on-topic

Steve Gibbard scg at gibbard.org
Fri Sep 9 05:04:02 UTC 2005


Just a quick reminder that this is a list for discussing Internet
operations.  Topics that don't have to do with Internet operations should be 
discussed elsewhere.

Operational topics might include how to provide connectivity to networks in 
China (although that could arguably fall outside the North American part of the 
list name), how to provide or restore connectivity to hurricane damaged 
regions, and how to connect to Google, as well as all sorts of other 
operational topics that we're hopefully all familiar with.

Non-operational topics, which may be important but should be discussed 
elsewhere, include civil rights in China, charity fundraising, and 
Google's hiring practices (unless there end up being so many network 
operators working for Google that there's nobody left to operate the rest 
of the Internet...).

That somebody else is posting off-topic stuff doesn't mean you should too, 
even if they're blatantly wrong about civil rights in China, or who works 
for Google, or whether their non-profit needs money, and even if that 
makes you angry.

Please exercise a bit of self-control.  Your fellow list members will 
appreciate it, as will the list administrators.

Thanks,
Steve Gibbard
NANOG List Administration Group



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