Gora Mohanty wrote: > Hi, > Can we have a show of hands on immediately banning > thoughtless people that pull this kind of nonsense on > a mailing list. If required, the ban could be rescinded
Aww. It is just a case of people still figuring out how to live on the "Net". I would suggest that instead of using the word "ban" (I have just been hearing it too much in the media recently for other things), we use the word "temporary suspension" instead. Internet etiquette and especially that in open source communities is not intuitive to people coming from meatspace(there, i always wanted to use that word :-P). It might seem intuitive in retrospect, but I insist it is not, otherwise. Yes, people do need to be made aware of network etiquette, but perhaps a gentler disciplinary approach transitioning to a tougher message over time is better. - Sandip _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
