Re: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread Mark Thomas
Noel J. Bergman wrote: We may disagree as his clueful:clueless ratio, but we can agree that he is just snarky. But on a related note, what thickness of skin should be required of participants on our lists? Thick enough to take to criticism, whether it be right or wrong, and to respond in a

Re: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Jean T. Anderson wrote: Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 16, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Jean T. Anderson wrote: derby-user@db.apache.org has been grappling with someone who delights in belittling other posters on the list. The topic was raised on women@ (see the thread starting with http://mail-

Re: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 19:22 -0800, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 16, 2005, at 6:28 PM, Jean T. Anderson wrote: For crying out loud, would you please supply links to the exact posts you consider to be in poor taste and the person's name? I just wasted 10 minutes trying to follow the

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RE: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Mark Thomas wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: what thickness of skin should be required of participants on our lists? Thick enough to take to criticism, whether it be right or wrong, and to respond in a positive manner. Personal attacks of any form or degree are not acceptable behaviour and

Re: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread Jean T. Anderson
robert burrell donkin wrote: ... i think perhaps that this is an issues of strategic aims verses effective tactics. a good atmosphere on the user list is vital and IMO jean is right to be concerned that those who could be contributing to the community are being scared away by the troll. This

Re: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread Mark Thomas
Jean T. Anderson wrote: I think ignoring is an excellent tactic for a developer's list. I worry that isn't strong enough for a user's list, but I also wouldn't want to embark on a path that could backfire. Not exactly the same situation as yours but one of our users went off on one a few

Re: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread Jean T. Anderson
Mark Thomas wrote: Jean T. Anderson wrote: I think ignoring is an excellent tactic for a developer's list. I worry that isn't strong enough for a user's list, but I also wouldn't want to embark on a path that could backfire. Not exactly the same situation as yours but one of our users went

Re: At what point do you unsubscribe/deny a misbehaving user?

2005-12-17 Thread Thorsten Scherler
El sáb, 17-12-2005 a las 09:14 -0800, Jean T. Anderson escribió: Mark Thomas wrote: Jean T. Anderson wrote: I think ignoring is an excellent tactic for a developer's list. I worry that isn't strong enough for a user's list, but I also wouldn't want to embark on a path that could backfire.