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In the context of <a href="/facts/Mailing_list/jUsumebQ">mailing lists</a>, <a href="/facts/Discussion_groups/JobGBQjv">discussion groups</a>, <a href="/facts/Internet_forum/bRuqfQfN">discussion forums</a>, <a href="/facts/Bulletin_board/Lndt9fLG">bulletin boards</a>, <a href="/facts/Newsgroup/282rotmp">newsgroups</a>, and 
<a href="/facts/Wiki/uCKCEzqb">wikis</a> a contribution is off-topic if it is not within the bounds of the current discussion, and on-topic if it is.
Even on very specialized forums and lists, off-topic posting is not necessarily frowned upon, but a common <a href="/facts/Netiquette/NkIGBCYp">netiquette</a> convention is to mark a new off-topic posting or email by beginning it with "OT" - for example in a forum discussing the <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> operating system someone might post: "OT: Did anyone else see that giant goose?". 
Posting off-topic messages to deliberately aggravate other members is a form of <a href="/facts/Internet_trolls/fQJXsSTN">trolling</a>.

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