Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list
On Thu 02 Sep 2021 at 09:46:33 (+0000), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 08:12:06PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users,
> > > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics.
> > >
> > > Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works:
> > >
> > > * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing
> > > lists that are language-specific for example debian-user-french
> >
> > It might be good advertising to also mention other languages here, e.g
> > go through the list of languages in alphabetic order, or something like
> > that ;)
>
> I'd be quite happy to do (poor) translations into French/Italian and Spanish
> for the respective user lists :)
Another thing to maintain.
> Many of the smaller lists have become
> magnets for spam postings, unfortunately - and there's probably a case
> for asking the listmasters to discontinue them.
The advantages of the link I posted are:
. self-maintaining (by the linkmasters),
. as that page contains links to each other list's archives, users
can form an instant judgement as to their usefulness by clicking
on a recent month.
Cheers,
David.
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