Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 03:43:45PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> Agreed. It may be a good idea to add to the mailing lists code of
> conduct a couple of extra lines:
>
> A lot of questions asked on debian-user and debian-devel are asked
> regularly. Please consider searching using an Internet search engine
> and reading the mailing list archives, Debian install notes and Debian
> reference manual before you post. If you can't find the answer, it is
> very helpful to others to show that you have attempted at least some of
> the above and your degree of success.
>
> If you have a problem, please be prepared to give hardware/installed
> software and version information if requested to as part of the process
> of problem resolution.
>
> Politeness and precision in use of language both help to narrow down
> issues and constrain extraneous discussions and flame wars. If tempted
> to start or continue contentions threads, please consider moving these
> to private email or to debian-curiosa. Both debian-user and debian-devel
> are high-volume lists read by people worldwide: consideration should be
> given to the fact that the views and attitudes of others may differ from
> your own.
Seconded.
Doug.
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