First, in @pano’s defense, he hasn’t been destructive (by vandalizing threads or spamming) and he hasn’t issued personal attacks or insults. I think he’s well within forum rules as they stand. Some people ask questions to get answers, some people ask questions to give their own answers.
Tell the moderators to do their job. It’s the moderator’s job to keep threads on topic and sufficiently focused. And to lock them when they become unproductive and run in circles. I’ve always erred on the side of free speech but that comes at a cost of time and aggravation. And most importantly, as Patrick said, leads to a buildup of FUD when the community gets exhausted by intentional or misinformed trolling. Speaking for myself, I’ll be more assertive going forward along with:
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adding per-forum stickied posts describing what type of posts are appropriate; and what information needs to be provided to get help. also include links to troubleshooting, faq, how to ask questions, unsupported, free support principle, free speech, etc.
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marking posts with stackexchange-like tags when appropriate (too vague, off-topic, opinion-based, etc) and linking back to stickied posts