bearfacedkiller wrote:Sometimes things start out on topic and we go off on tangents and drift far off topic. What then?
I'm immediately reminded of the recent fire steel thread, which started out as an earnest request to discuss a Spyderco produced fire steel, but quite quickly devolved into a discussion on the merits (or lack thereof) of fire steels in general. I know Kristi mentioned the "squirrel! moment" but sometimes entire discussions derail. I'm of the thought that, as far as derailed discussions, we should self-police. When things are seeming to go off-topic, someone should start an off-topic discussion and suggest that everyone continue the derailed discussion there. This was recently done with the ARK to get the "assault" discussion out of the Amsterdam thread, and I think it worked well.
As far as the content in General? I think that it should be directly related to Spyderco products and their use (knives and sharpening them). However, I do feel that this encompasses general stuff like edge angles and sharpening, even if the particular example doesn't directly use a spyderco knife or spyderco sharpener. Similarly, if you want to discuss a steel that you are suggesting be used in Spyderco knives, then I'd say it can be in General as well. For off-topic, I would say that this would be things like discussing the merits of fire steels, or travel tips, or other things not directly knife related.
I'd agree with Deacon, though. I don't think this is a major issue and most threads are in the right location. However, if you are going to write a new guideline, thanks for seeking our opinion.