New DCML

[Rob Klein]

OT WARNING: As over the past few years we've had so many interesting off-topic 
discussions, due to the great variation in nationalities and cultures we have 
represented on this list, I wonder if we shouldn't try to make a SECOND DCML 
forum for NON Disney Comics Topics, or "Tangential Topics". The reason I bring 
this up is because a lot of us are friendly and comfortable with a lot of the 
other list members, and share a lot of interests together in many of the other 
academic pursuits.  In addition, from what I've seen, we seem to have a higher 
percentage of well-educated, knowledgeable, rational(despite a bit of recent 
raving)and well-meaning posters, than the average forum I've seen.  We also 
have little spamming and messages from hate-mongers. In other words, many of us 
like to talk about other topics with these same people. We get into a lot of 
discussions that really should not be 
pursued on this forum.  Yet, we are reticent to move our comments to private e-
mail, because that would restrict the conversations to 2 people, and cut out a 
lot of pertinent commentary.  I wonder if we could form a 2nd form, as an 
adjunct to THIS ONE, where we could leave to hold tangential OFF-TOPIC 
discussions.  It couldn't be a completely unrelated forum, as most of us 
probably wouldn't find time to go there, just to see if there are some topics 
brought up.  If we could have a separate forum within the framework of current 
DCML master pages, when we see a topic pop up on the "MAIN BOARD", we could 
say: "Hey Gang,-let's continue this on the "OFF-TOPIC Page". Then they would 
all move the discussion to the other page, and the dcml comics-only readers 
wouldn't be burdened with so much off-topic posting.  I have forwarded this 
message also to Per Starback, to get his thoughts on this. Per, I realize you 
already spend much time on our behalf, and if such an endevour would be too 
much work, we'll understand.  Thanks,

Rob Klein


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