Inappropriate tone on this mailing list and requirement for governance

[Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)]

Loïc Martin schreef:

> By "locking" the thread, I mean not allowing any replies to a thread to 
> be sent to the list. Which is possible: just filter all replies to the 
> thread and messages that have the exact same subject as the locked 
> thread, and send them to the bin server side.

I don't like your suggestion. It exceeds, in my humble opinion, the
principle of proportionality. I will explain why.

A thread may start with a mostly harmless subject like "grub error 17"
and may wander off into the realms of the offtopic. If we apply your
suggestion, nobody will ever again be able to ask a question about "grub
error 17". Newcomers won't understand why nobody will help them.
On the other hand, trolls only have to change one character in the
subject to avoid your filter.

-- 
Amedee

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