Hi, --- On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Anthoni Shogan <[email protected]> wrote: | Is it so difficult to reply to a person privately, telling him not to | top/bottom post? \--
The whole point of having a mailing list for discussion is that everyone knows about the discussions. --- | Does it really require such a mail to be addressed to the list, with all the | talking we've done over years to keep the archives clean and helpful to | others?? \-- Why do you worry about the archives? With people from different backgrounds, it is not uncommon to have differences of opinion. What is wrong in being honest and having open discussions? The point is new newbies always join the list, and seldom know about list guidelines. So, reiterating the same helps them and others know about it. You are welcome to ignore the repetitive reminders, and move on. If "engineering curriculum" include these in their first semester "Technical English" course, and people follow them in real life, I am more than happy. Unfortunately, there is no other place where such decorum are being taught! Yes, it is a shame that we have to teach such things to "students". Sadly, F/OSS user groups are the only place where these are addressed. SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
