I seen threads get posted in the Miscellaneous forum like this for example, "Names for a cat" and then you when you reply something like "This shouldn't be here as it's off-topic and you can make a somewhat lengthy blog asking for help on names that people will suggest for your cat." (Though I believe that being a blog won't get accepted if you submitted it for news. Anyways.)

They will reply back with something like "Well this can go here, as it says in the description that anything off-topic can be posted here."

I noticed many users get the wrong meaning and misinterpret the meaning of off-topic. Just because it says that anything off-topic can be posted there it doesn't mean it literally. You post threads of which it's topic doesn't fit in any other forum and the thread still has to have a point of topic that can be discussed and talked about (Not including thread games).

For example if you are going to post a thread and it's topic is about a book that you really like, since you can't post it in any of the other forums you should post it in the Miscellaneous forum where in this sense it'll belong. But it doesn't mean to make the first post "This book is becoming available such and such date. Discuss." No, that's not going to work, try makeing it where people can infer something off your post and discuss it themselves if they have read it or even give a summary about the book so people who havn't read it can get interested and maybe read it themselves. Make sense?

Hopefully this'll help clarify it for some of the users who have been confused by the meaning of off-topic in this forum. Though the chances of one those users reading this isn't that likely.