From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-01-05T11:57:09+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Proposed new rule

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:33:14AM +0900, James Britt wrote:
> 
> I expect that a general community consensus will determine what get 
> used.  People make up subject tags as they see fit, and if they strike a 
> chord with others, they get picked up.  Useless or confusing tags simply 
> go away.
> 
> I've seen [SOLUTION] used when people have been pursuing some general 
> problem (e.g., getting Ruby MySQL binary bindings working on Win32) and 
> finally reach a solution.  So it has a history already.

True, that . . . it's sort of a "critical mass consensus" thing that
tends to lead to stuff like public wiki policy and Usenet traditions
like the one regarding Godwin's Law and the end of a discussion.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]

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