Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-10-03 Thread Todd Zullinger
I wrote: On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 10:08 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: A good place for it would be in the welcome message you are sent when you join the list. Agreed as well. I'll ask the other list admins if adding a link to the list info page and welcome message would be okay. Just to

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-14 Thread Tim
Kam Leo: A condition of membership should be the reading of the guidelines. Todd Zullinger: That's unlikely to happen. And it would be impossible to enforce. Though, burying the confirmation to join the list links into the guidelines would help somewhat. Or at least, having a short summary

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-14 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 16:12 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: Agreed, but it's nice to know whether peers can be encouraged to use guidelines, or it it just so much a waste of effort. I'd say it's generally effective. Of late I've seen a few people asked to fit in, and most have without getting

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-14 Thread Ed Greshko
Mike Chambers wrote: On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 15:44 +0930, Tim wrote: Though, burying the confirmation to join the list links into the guidelines would help somewhat. Or at least, having a short summary page of the guidelines. That's more likely to get read than that rather huge page.

Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Frank Murphy
Though a newbie, Have grown to love Fedora because of it's willing to lead with new technology. Have contacted you as the User-list owners. (cc the list) But like any organisation public\private wahtever, some guidelines are necessary otherwise nothing gets done. In this case

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 10:47 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: You are possible going to lose a number of seasoned user troubleshooters, if mailing list guidelines continue to be pushed back in peoples faces, for attempting to do the correct thing. Maybe once and for all decide does the list need

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Todd Zullinger
Craig White wrote: On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 10:08 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Kam Leo wrote: The OP found the guidelines at fedoraproject.org. The guidelines or a link should be posted on the list sign-up page. Agreed, I think this would be a good thing to add there. A condition of

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Craig White wrote: On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 10:08 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Kam Leo wrote: The OP found the guidelines at fedoraproject.org. The guidelines or a link should be posted on the list sign-up page. A condition of membership should be the reading of the guidelines. Perhaps the

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Frank Murphy
Maybe after doing this for over 10 years, I am just getting burned out... Though not *nix\foss that long. I for one thank you for your patience and time. And I love your sigs, always get a smile. Frank -- gpg id EB547226 Revoked Forgot Password :( aMSN: Frankly3D

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Frank Murphy
On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 00:24 +0930, Tim wrote: The list is managed by those who use it as well as those who maintain it. Running to mummy to snitch that user so-and-so is top posting and would mummy please do something about it is a really bad way to manage things. The admin gets a deluge

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 10:47 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: Maybe once and for all decide does the list need guidelines, Yes or No? Yes. But Guidelines are just that, for guidance. They aren't laws. One hopes that people show some community spirit and attempt to follow community norms, e.g. many

Re: Mailing-list Gudelines. Yes or No

2008-09-13 Thread Aldo Foot
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Frank Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are possible going to lose a number of seasoned user troubleshooters, if mailing list guidelines continue to be pushed back in peoples faces, for attempting to do the correct thing. Maybe once and for all decide does