Off-topic: Difference between revisions

On some [[:Category:All|wikis]], it's more difficult than on others to draw a clear line as to what is off topic.  E.g., a conversation about abortion on a wiki devoted to [[:Category:Technical|technical]] [[:Category:Documentation|documentation]] would be clearly irrelevant.  However, [[talk]] could potentially drift off-topic even there, by means of analogies (e.g. "You say that users should be allowed to delete their own [[user page]]s, because they created them.  By that logic, abortion should be allowed!")  How strictly the rules against off-topic discussions are enforced may depend on the forum (e.g. [[WikiIndex:Talk Pages for Wiki People|user talk page]] discussions are more likely to be left alone than discussions on a community forum), and whether the users involved are okay with the discussion going on (e.g. if the user whose talk page it is doesn't want to discuss it, then he may complain about its being off-topic and ask it to end).