On 01-Jul-08, at 10:04 PM, Tom Tobin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> why should he be more polite? He follows the policy of 'teaching to >> fish' rather than spoonfeeding. I have several times got flamed by >> him for getting impatient and giving the answer. I would say that he >> is the single most important person in the channel. He has even taken >> the trouble of writing a script whereby he can generate almost >> instantaneous references to the *relevant* docs. It is easy to give >> direct answers - difficult, irritating and time consuming to 'teach >> to fish'. Let him be as rude as he wants, as long as he is there. > > Stepping back for a moment from the way I approached this issue — > which I readily admit was the wrong way to do it, and which I > apologize to the community for — and the parties in question, I'm > concerned with the general sentiment expressed in this thread. It is > quite understandable to be grateful to someone for performing a > difficult task; it's another thing to allow that gratitude to mute > necessary criticism. I think there's room in our community for both > charity *and* civility; if we can improve, we *should* improve. actually this debate belongs on django-users (which is why I put in my 2 paise) - I think if taken there we can get a real measure of the pros of his help against the cons of his curtness at times (I wouldn't call it being rude) -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
