There's a simple way to cut down on "noise" that doesn't involve people shouting OFFTOPIC at each other: the maintainer needs to resolve discussions by making decisions and saying, this is how Core does it. If you disagree, go make/join a fork because there's no point in discussing this any further here. People would get the picture pretty fast.

Wladimir doesn't do this. That is something he should fix. Clearly ending debates so they don't run in circles forever is a basic management technique.

Allowing random people to give each other red cards is merely a great way to piss off users even further, because anyone who objects to a clearly bone-headed decision will be told they're discussing philosophy and to go away (this is meaningless).