easier if more posters used meaningful subjects)
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From: Michele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: users@openoffice.org
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Marco - please stop trying to dictate the list's
behaviour (was Re: [users] James K., may you please
Joe Conner wrote:
BIG SNIP
Not my fault. Point 2 of
http://www.our-kids.org/Archives/email_netiquette.html
little snip
Just wondering, since when does our-kids.org dictate policy for
OpenOffice.org?
I was thinking the same. Apparently we're supposed to follow a policy
most of us
On Thursday 24 January 2008 12:25, James Knott wrote:
Joe Conner wrote:
BIG SNIP
Not my fault. Point 2 of
http://www.our-kids.org/Archives/email_netiquette.html
little snip
Just wondering, since when does our-kids.org dictate policy for
OpenOffice.org?
I was thinking the
Lindsay Graham wrote:
Well said, Michele. Maybe Marco's way of approaching things is not to
everyone's liking, but his basic suggestion/request was not only
reasonable, but its acceptance would be of help and assistance to all
users of this list. To rudely refer to his requests as
[Top-posting alert]
[Note subject line changed to more meaningful content.]
And when did this become your personal list, Marco? James K's help, with or
without meaningful subjects is far more helpful than this sniping. I know,
you said thank you. It's still cheap shots at a valuable
M. Fioretti wrote:
I'm trying this way since repeated discussions on list and a direct
request off list seem to have gone completely unnoticed.
James, the whole list agreed just a couple of weeks ago that sending
REPLIES to messages with meaningless empty subjects like
[users][moderated]
On 23/01/2008, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps the proper method is to fix the web site, so that a user cannot
submit the problem, until a subject has been entered. I've often been to
web sites, where I cannot proceed, until all mandatory fields are
filled. Many of those sites
On Wed, January 23, 2008 1:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And when did this become your personal list, Marco?
It isn't, obviously. I have made very clear that I was just reminding
a practice that EVERYBODY on the list, just a few days ago, agreed on
as the most sensible one, one much more
On 23/01/2008, M. Fioretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, January 23, 2008 1:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And when did this become your personal list, Marco?
It isn't, obviously. I have made very clear that I was just reminding
a practice that EVERYBODY on the list, just a few days
[Note subject line changed to more meaningful content.]
And when did this become your personal list, Marco? James K's help, with or
without meaningful subjects is far more helpful than this sniping. I know,
you said thank you. It's still cheap shots at a valuable contributor.
I have to
On Wed, January 23, 2008 3:00 pm, James Knott wrote:
I ignore those discussions, as they often turn into flame wars, so I
didn't see any such agreement. Care to post it?
Search the threads
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On Wed, January 23, 2008 3:27 pm, Harold Fuchs wrote:
At the last count there were around 2400 users subscribed to this list. I
don't remember any consensus on any subject.
See my answer to James and Donald, or the one from Michele, which
confirmed what I said. I'ts not my fault if you lost
Hi all :-)
Due to some work, I tend to skip mails in threads like these.
Sometimes I read a few lines and think: wish we could accept that we are
not all the same, that we could accept that people sometimes would
like us to be the same as themselves (as I do ;-) ), that we could
accept that
... and that we can better continue in
doing what we are good: helping users with questions about OpenOffice.org
Hello Cor,
Actually the purpose of this request is to improve the quality
(actually I should say quantity) of our answers to users about
OpenOffice.org. You may have noticed that
Hi Michele,
Michele wrote (23-1-2008 16:23)
... and that we can better continue in
doing what we are good: helping users with questions about OpenOffice.org
Actually the purpose of this request is to improve the quality
(actually I should say quantity) of our answers to users about
On Wed, January 23, 2008 4:23 pm, Michele wrote:
... and that we can better continue in
doing what we are good: helping users with questions about
OpenOffice.org
Hello Cor,
Actually the purpose of this request is to improve the quality
(actually I should say quantity) of our answers to
Cor Nouws wrote:
Only somewhere along the lines of these discussions, things (sometimes)
tend to lose track (is this English? I mean as 'a train that gets off
the rails'. Which is something we say in the Netherlands when something
goes in a not intended direction).
Ciao,
Cor
Cor,
Here
Troll/Idiot wrote (23-1-2008 16:46)
Here are some train or track related expressions (U.S. English) that
might apply to some list threads.
[...]
Thanks!
--
The Year of 3 -2008- Het jaar van 3
Cor Nouws
Arnhem - Netherlands - nl.OpenOffice.org - marketing contact
On 23/01/2008, Troll/Idiot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here are some train or track related expressions (U.S. English) that
might apply to some list threads.
We might lose track of our original subject.
The discussion might be derailed, go off the tracks like a train
accident.
We might be
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 23/01/2008, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps the proper method is to fix the web site, so that a user cannot
submit the problem, until a subject has been entered. I've often been to
web sites, where I cannot proceed, until all mandatory fields are
filled.
On 23/01/2008 18:32, James Knott wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 23/01/2008, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps the proper method is to fix the web site, so that a user cannot
submit the problem, until a subject has been entered. I've often
been to
web sites, where I cannot
Harold Fuchs wrote:
Why is it that the web site cannot insist on a subject and then
include it?
Because that would require work by the web site's administrator.
So, you treat the symptoms and not the disease?
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M. Fioretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, January 23, 2008 1:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And when did this become your personal list, Marco?
It isn't, obviously. I have made very clear that I was just reminding
a practice that EVERYBODY on the list, just a few days ago, agreed on
as
On 23/01/2008 19:15, James Knott wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
Why is it that the web site cannot insist on a subject and then
include it?
Because that would require work by the web site's administrator.
So, you treat the symptoms and not the disease?
Sorry, I don't understand your
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 23/01/2008 19:15, James Knott wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
Why is it that the web site cannot insist on a subject and then
include it?
Because that would require work by the web site's administrator.
So, you treat the symptoms and not the disease?
Sorry, I don't
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 15:18:18 PM -0500, James Knott
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Why is it that the web site cannot insist on a subject and then
include it?
...
Since your comment was intended to be sarcasm, then my comment is
directed at the site admin and not you. It just seems strange that
M. Fioretti wrote:
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 15:18:18 PM -0500, James Knott
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Why is it that the web site cannot insist on a subject and then
include it?
...
Since your comment was intended to be sarcasm, then my comment is
directed at the site
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 17:29:38 PM -0500, James Knott
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Well, if it's too much bother to fix the web site, it's too much
bother for me to fix the subjects.
All this has nothing to do with how much bother it is to fix the
website and for who. I have spent far too much
M. Fioretti wrote:
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 17:29:38 PM -0500, James Knott
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Well, if it's too much bother to fix the web site, it's too much
bother for me to fix the subjects.
All this has nothing to do with how much bother it is to fix the
website and for
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 20:33:20 PM -0500, James Knott
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
The problem here, is not the subject lines. It's the way you seem to
think you run the list. Are you a moderator? Also, take a look at some
of your posts.
Such as from Jan 5
And I am demanding that everybody
BIG SNIP
Not my fault. Point 2 of
http://www.our-kids.org/Archives/email_netiquette.html
little snip
Just wondering, since when does our-kids.org dictate policy for
OpenOffice.org?
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I'm trying this way since repeated discussions on list and a direct
request off list seem to have gone completely unnoticed.
James, the whole list agreed just a couple of weeks ago that sending
REPLIES to messages with meaningless empty subjects like
[users][moderated] WITHOUT replacing that
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