I'm not sure how "Quoting Habits" is a discussion of "Netiquette" while this is "whining".
Here's a quote from RFC 1855 - Netiquette Guidelines, for you. It is specifically from the section covering mailing lists. "Messages and articles should be brief and to the point. Don't wander off-topic, don't ramble and don't send mail or post messages solely to point out other people's errors in typing or spelling. These, more than any other behavior, mark you as an immature beginner." I am not going to continue this discussion any further in public. You have my address if you want to inform me of any further spelling errors. I apologize to the group for this. I had only hoped to reduce the spam and not spur a response. Dave -----Original message----- > 1. Can't remember ever agreeing to a "don't spam a mailing list with > off-topic crap" rule before joining this mailing list. "Netiquette" is > not an argument. > 2. Why do people constantly whine about off-topic posts? The subject > line hasn't changed since day 1, so I don't see a reason why you can't > just ignore the messages... unless you're on a 56k link and it hurts to > download each and every message, in which case I have nothing to say to you. > 3. There is no "Jeopardy-style quoting" in forums... the system is > different. You can always access the archives. Mailing list archives > either don't exist or are not easily searchable. > 4. Take it where? > 5. It's "ad nauseam". If you're going to use Latin phrases for whining, > spell them correctly. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
