[PilotPirx]

Would depend, what people think is really important. I come to HN to read about computer related things. I can get everyday news from other sites. Same for the discussions. I wouldn't expect too much special insight from HN people on this specific topic. Even if people live in the area, what should they know, that you can't read on CNN? (This may be different for other topics, yours may just be a bad example)<br /> And I really don't need the kind of "ban guns" discussion that started at /. right now. So I go with user "rewind", just let the community decide.

[doki_pen]

Of course the community should decide. The question is, how should they decide?

Are you saying that someone with enough karma to flag articles should or shouldn't flag popular off-topic articles?

[PilotPirx]

This is difficult in every single case.<br /> If the article is popular, the community made a decision. Flagging it as off-topic should e handled with care. Maybe he should at least have a look at the ongoing discussion to see, what people have to say. This may give him an idea, why others voted for it.