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Re: [O] posting guide?
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Carsten Dominik |
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Re: [O] posting guide? |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:59:00 +0100 |
On 13 mrt. 2013, at 22:07, Jay Kerns <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear Bastien,
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Bastien <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi Jay,
>
>> Well, I would not invest too much time on this, personally.
>
> No, you don't seem to be bothered at all; those attacks seem to
> wash off you like water off a duck's back, or scandals off of Bill
> Clinton's resume. ;-)
>
>> From experience, such a drafting process takes a lot of time. And at
>> the end, you're not always sure that the whole community comes: to an
>> agreement... only the ones who care, who are obviously not the ones
>> the guidelines want to reach.
>
>
> Drafting takes about five seconds. In fact, let me do one right now:
>
> "Please note that messages to the emacs-orgmode list are expected
> to be civil and focused toward our mutual interest of Org
> mode. /Ad hominem/ or other attacks of a personal nature will not
> be tolerated by the community."
>
> Any strenuous objections?
Hi,
it seems to me that this is entirely superfluous. I have not seen a mailing
lit with better behavior anywhere. We should not be distracted by a lone user.
>
>
>> Why not trying another approach and have a hall of fame for great
>> posts sent on this lists? Examples of good/thorough explanations,
>> example of detailed bug reports, etc. It would be both encouraging
>> and educating, maybe.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
A great idea.
- Carsten
>
>
> I think that's a great idea!, actually. My mental catalogue of
> excellent posts probably isn't as extensive as yours, but even
> just last night I got a great response that fits a Hall of Fame
> in my book. Surely there must be other people who got a great
> response to some question they asked at some point in their past.
>
> --
> Jay
>
- Re: [O] posting guide?, (continued)
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Bastien, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Jay Kerns, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Bastien, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Robert Horn, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Thorsten Jolitz, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Jay Kerns, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Bastien, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Rainer M Krug, 2013/03/14
- Re: [O] posting guide?,
Carsten Dominik <=
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Memnon Anon, 2013/03/14
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Bernt Hansen, 2013/03/14
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Jay Kerns, 2013/03/14
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Jay Kerns, 2013/03/14
- Re: [O] posting guide?, Carsten Dominik, 2013/03/14
Re: [O] posting guide?, Thomas S. Dye, 2013/03/13
Re: [O] posting guide?, James Harkins, 2013/03/13