On 19 April 2011 16:00, Peter Scott <pe...@psdt.com> wrote: ... > :[...] > : * If you think what you are writing may be taken in a way you didn't > : intend, please add a smiley :-) Many flame wars are stopped by a simple > : smiley! > : * No flames. If your fingers are burning as you are typing the email, it > : would likely be best not to send it. > > If anything is clear from that FAQ it is that the intention is to avoid > flames on this list. Casey and Kevin appear to have stopped monitoring > this group some time ago, though. > > There is no shortage of lists, groups, or forums where people can get > flamed for not following the rules, and people who want to flame them > have an outlet for doing so. I've already stopped reading most of them > because it's not worth my time when most of the content is arguments > about conduct. I don't know whether communities inevitably fall into > that mode after a while but this one at least had a good run and I'll be > sorry if I end up leaving it too. > > Andy Lester had a good article about this: http://perlbuzz.com/2010/11/ > think-for-perls-sake.html. But judging from the responses it seems he > and I may be in a minority.
Is it time for our annual "Be nice" thread? I didn't realise a year had passed so soon. I missed what triggered this one. Can someone post a link to the thread please ( I did ask nicely ). Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
