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Jim Sower wrote:
<... even "known solution" list may be a bit of a stretch ...
So have a "convention" (I dare'nt say rule :o) that "solutions" must be accompanied by supporting documentation around how thoroughly they have been tested, how much flight time, detailed rationale for setting things up exactly this way, etc. Gives readers a lot more data with which to make an informed decision.
Jim S.
In actual practice, this is what tends to happen. On a list, as in any free-wheeling discussion, people are encouraged to throw out ideas and pull them apart. Not much discussion otherwise. When you deem to present your ideas to the world, with the hope that you'll be accepted as more knowledgable than a garden slug, there is a lot of self-censoring that occurs. A few people don't have the capacity to self-censor. Those basket cases are few and most respond well to a good thrashing with facts and sound logic. A miniscule minority do not respond to anything other than their own whims. Those recalcitrant bastards are best dealt with through ostracization. Fortunately, members of the former category are so few and so rarely cause problems that it isn't worth trying to design the system around them. The system works because contributors earn merit by being correct. Obstinate, loud, or borish gets ignored.
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