On 22 December 2013 21:01, Dominik George <n...@naturalnet.de> wrote: > > And it is what I hate *most*, especially on mailing lists. It makes me > want to call for a complete GMail ban, because it appears GMail users > *always* manage to do such things ...
Can we please focus on being welcoming to newcomers instead of making unfounded generalisations? I think it's very unfortunate that so many threads on python-list get hijacked by flame wars about newsgroup etiquette but I don't want to make it worse by wading in on them there. At least here in the tutor list can we just try to be inviting? Keith has received several (IMO) slightly rude and unhelpful replies about how to post here and now you're having a go at all gmail users! Every email client has its quirks and gmail is no exception but it can be used in a perfectly reasonable way. Suggestions about how to post should be given as advice rather than criticism. It's obvious that the expected conduct on this list (no plain-text, interleaved reply, quote attribution etc.) are surprising to the majority of newcomers here. So when someone isn't aware of the conventions or doesn't yet know how to follow them with their technology then we shouldn't be surprised and certainly shouldn't make them feel inadequate. In short, if you're not going to offer constructive advice then please don't bother. Being inviting to newcomers - showing *real* etiquette - is significantly more important than at-all-times maintaining newsgroup etiquette. Oscar _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
