# Meta: Lifetime of an idea. 1, 2 & 3

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/meta-lifetime-of-an-idea-1-2-3/53344>\
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**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/meta-lifetime-of-an-idea-1-2-3/53344 "2024-05-15T00:53:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/meta-lifetime-of-an-idea-1-2-3/53344/35 "2024-05-16T14:18:09Z")

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> I’m starting to agree that reclassifying and moving them to a  
> different category whenever they appear is the best available  
> option, even though that doesn’t do much to prevent the initial  
> posts from landing in the inboxes of people who rely on E-mail for  
> this forum.

I suppose something else that might reduce the nascent post volume  
in Ideas and also soften the blow of inevitable reclassification to  
Help could be to expand the pinned post in Ideas with guidance along  
the lines of:

“IMPORTANT: The Ideas category is for serious proposals about  
improving the Python language, CPython interpreter or its standard  
library. Thoroughly research prior proposals and consider the  
feedback they’ve received rather than repeating the same or similar  
ones. If you lack the time and skill to (perhaps with some  
assistance) follow your idea up with a formal PEP and supply the  
bulk of any eventual implementation yourself, please discuss it  
elsewhere instead. Your post _will_ get flagged off-topic and  
moderators _will_ move your post to the Help category when this does  
not appear to be the case, so it may be best to just start there.”

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