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Should be avoided secondary discussions or debates on controversial points (please ask a question on meta). Just when is a discussion secondary? I think r~~ used the term "digressive", wh...

posted 3y ago by meriton‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar meriton‭ · 2021-04-30T14:37:47Z (almost 3 years ago)
> **Should be avoided**
>
> * secondary discussions or debates on controversial points (please ask a question on meta).

Just when is a discussion secondary? I think r~~ used the term "digressive", which I find to convey the intent better.

I get that we don't want to derail comment threads with lengthy tangential debates, in particular while threaded comments don't exist yet. But a thread is only derailed if the discussion is lengthy, so I think we should write that into the rule.

Also, digressive discussions might also be about technical points.

I therefore propose:

> * lengthy digressive discussions (should be moved to a separate question)