Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Daniel Watkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Arnold wrote: > Oh, you seem fairly ept (is that the opposite of inept?) to me. Adept? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFyTFU3arasOikFPYRAskcAJ94

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Tony Arnold
Doog, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No offence taken, I realise I am inept when using this facility, I will > not feel humiliated by any guidance offered. I will try to do better! Oh, you seem fairly ept (is that the opposite of inept?) to me. As others have pointed out, it's more important that p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Tony Arnold
Pat wrote: > > > On 06/02/07, *Caroline Ford* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > We seem to spend far to much discussing this. I've seen horrors like top > posting done by core developers on other lists are really no-one > cares ;) > > > Good point . Disc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread lairddoog-mailstar
Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Apologies, it wasn't meant to be patronising! Although I can see how it comes across that way. I was just thinking that if this is an etiquette that users new to mailing lists are to have thrown at them, we don't want to make the rules so complicated or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Pat
On 06/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We seem to spend far to much discussing this. I've seen horrors like top posting done by core developers on other lists are really no-one cares ;) Good point . Discussions about how to hold discussions. Meta-discussions? Where would it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Tony Arnold
Doog, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > */Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Looks good, although I'd like to see a bit more about quoting. It should > suggest users intersperse their replies with the original message, so > that responses to points follow the points raised in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Caroline Ford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > */Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Matthew, > > Matthew East wrote: > > On Tue, February 6, 2007 8:46 am, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > >>> If somebody comes up with a good text I'm h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread lairddoog-mailstar
Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matthew, Matthew East wrote: > On Tue, February 6, 2007 8:46 am, Alan Pope wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: >>> If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in >>> mailman's post to new subscribers. >>> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Tony Arnold
Matthew, Matthew East wrote: > On Tue, February 6, 2007 8:46 am, Alan Pope wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: >>> If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in >>> mailman's post to new subscribers. >>> > > How about the following: > > http://www.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Caroline Ford
Robin Menneer wrote: > > > On 2/6/07, *Matthew East* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > How about the following: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/lists/etiquette > > > Wot's a digest email please ? > An email digest is all the mail sent over a certain ti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/6/07, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, February 6, 2007 8:46 am, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: >> If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in >> mailman's post to new subscribers. >> How about the following:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread norman
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 18:32 +0100, Matthew East wrote: > On Tue, February 6, 2007 8:46 am, Alan Pope wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > >> If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in > >> mailman's post to new subscribers. > >> > > How about th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-06 Thread Matthew East
On Tue, February 6, 2007 8:46 am, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: >> If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in >> mailman's post to new subscribers. >> How about the following: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/lists/etiquette -- h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in > mailman's post to new subscribers. > If someone wants to take our (Hampshire LUG) guidelines they are more than welcome to pick out bits that are appropriate and reword. ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:28:26AM -, Martin wrote: > I second that - it would be good to see & gice me a bit more confidence to > post > > Is there any way a list of mailing list etiquette could be sent to > > every new member?? If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Martin
I second that - it would be good to see & gice me a bit more confidence to post On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:00:39 -, James Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any way a list of mailing list etiquette could be sent to > every new member?? > James D > __

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Andy
On 04/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good idea- then I might have avoided all the faux pas. Well there is a link to etiquette on the page that details what the mailing lists are. For reference here it is: > Though so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-04 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 04/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 03/02/07, James Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way a list of mailing list etiquette could be sent to > > every new member?? > > Good idea- then I might have avoided all the faux pas. Though some of the > po

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-04 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 03/02/07, James Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there any way a list of mailing list etiquette could be sent to every new member?? James D Good idea- then I might have avoided all the faux pas. Though some of the points are a bit too technical for me to understand. Perhaps new member

[ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-03 Thread James Dalley
Is there any way a list of mailing list etiquette could be sent to every new member?? James D _ Personalize your Live.com homepage with the news, weather, and photos you care about. http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx?icid=T001MS