From your link (Mapleoin); Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting NEW phenomenon.
The green energy topic is 100% political and it is not a NEW phenomenon. It is a push point for the Democratic Party in the United States and the opposing party is actively campaigning against it every day for months on end. It is one of the main contention points between the parties.
It seems as off topic to me as if someone were continually posting articles about how Sarah Palins choice of handbag and dresses affect her media coverage and saying it is posted because it might satisfy someone’s intellectual curiosity.
A single post by a poster on a non IT topic in the forum might be viewed as possibly satisfying one’s intellectual curiosity, but if you look at the posters history you will see a distinct pattern focusing on this one political hot button issue. So since it is political and is not a NEW phenomenon it seems it falls under an Off-Topic Political post.
If it were an article regarding the code to do whatever for the wind power station, or IT hiring patterns in the green industry that would seem on topic.
To the Moderator: I am simply stating a fact. The facts are what they are down voting me to zero is not going to change the fact that the post is off topic. If you want to allow green posts in the forum then change the Off-Topic rule to include the following: except green energy topics.
Personally I do not care one way or the other if the green energy topics are in the forum, but according to the rules, it is Off-Topic.
I would suggest to save both of our times you might want to make an adjustment to the wording of the Off-Topic paragraph to read; Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting NEW phenomenon or green energy topics.
Having one standard in writing and another in practice by down voting me to zero leads to a pointless waste of time on both of our parts.
Mike, why so many posts about wind power and green energy in an IT forum? I have looked over your post history and you post some good IT stuff so I know it’s not a spam effort. We are an IT forum, it is just off topic here, and I was wondering. That’s all.
Lets not destroy the sea bed for minimal cost & energy gains. Especially in one of the most fertile and last remaining wildlife areas of Europe. Plenty of studies point out the negative effects the vibration of wind turbines has on fish.
"Plenty of studies point out the negative effects the vibration of wind turbines has on fish."
URL? I live in an area where they are considering sea-going wind turbines and the 'anti-wind' group has mostly consisted of wealthy waterfront property owners with well funded 'studies' that don't hold up to scrutiny. Would love to see legit evidence for either side.
The green energy topic is 100% political and it is not a NEW phenomenon. It is a push point for the Democratic Party in the United States and the opposing party is actively campaigning against it every day for months on end. It is one of the main contention points between the parties.
It seems as off topic to me as if someone were continually posting articles about how Sarah Palins choice of handbag and dresses affect her media coverage and saying it is posted because it might satisfy someone’s intellectual curiosity.
A single post by a poster on a non IT topic in the forum might be viewed as possibly satisfying one’s intellectual curiosity, but if you look at the posters history you will see a distinct pattern focusing on this one political hot button issue. So since it is political and is not a NEW phenomenon it seems it falls under an Off-Topic Political post.
If it were an article regarding the code to do whatever for the wind power station, or IT hiring patterns in the green industry that would seem on topic.