Re: Any package for surveys?

[elbbit <elbbit@gmail.com>]

On 28/01/11 19:02, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <[🔎] 4D42F987.9050101@gmail.com>, elbbit wrote:
>>> Yes, *STEALING*.  When you 'hijack' the resources the mailing-list 
> owner/
>>> operator has provided _for_a_specific_purpose_, for somethin 
> *unrelated*
>>> to that purpose, you _are_ stealing.
>>
>> I would like to invite the mail list administrator to participate in
>> this discussion (if desired) and clarify for all whether this argument
>> is "OK."  If it is not "OK," I request some clarification.
> 
> The mailing list administrators have already provided guidelines for the 
> list usage.  They appear at <http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/>.  Of 
> particular importance are two sections: Code of conduct 
> <http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct> and Debian mailing 
> list advertising policy <http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#ads>
> 
> From the Coc:
> "...off-topic messages [...] are not welcome."
> "Do not send spam; see the advertising policy below."
> "Make sure that you are using the proper list."
> 
> The advertising policy defines "spam" as: "any kind of unsolicited bulk 
> email"
> 
> The topic for debian-user@l.d.o can be found on 
> <http://lists.debian.org/users.html> and is listed as: "Help and 
> discussion among users of Debian".
> 
> That's fairly broad.  It can certainly be argued that you are within 
> that definition: I am a user of Debian, you and I are engaged in a 
> discussion, assuming you are also a user of Debian then your message was 
> near the beginning of a "discussion among users of Debian".
> 
> Still, I did find your message off-topic based on my less broad (and a 
> bit subjective) topic that I've observed being used on the list.

Thank you Boyd.  I am doing the best I can to bring the discussion back
to the topic of surveys.

Simon


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elbbit