> As far as I know this particular list does not have a list owner, > and there are no published rules.
Of course there is a list owner. However, up to now there wasn't a single person who stomped our nuts too hard, so to say, forcing us to banning him or her from the list. In general, the list netiquette is quite simple. Here's a small, probably incomplete list. . Use plain text, not HTML. . Don't use top-posting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting . Use UTF-8 encoding. . If you reply, properly cite to what you reply – and trim the e-mail so that everything you are not replying to gets removed. Obviously, your reply should be *below* the cited text. . Use the `reply-to-all' button so that the discussion stays on the list. It is not helpful if answers are suddenly sent to individuals only. Additionally, it helps to properly build up e-mail threads. . Don't use inline images, use simple attachments instead. . Stay polite and avoid ad-hominem attacks. . Provide a minimal working example (or a minimal not-working example). The stress lies on *minimal*. This shows us that you have at least tried to look into the manual before asking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_Working_Example Additionally, especially with lilypond, a picture often says more than thousand words, so it is incredibly helpful if you attach a small PNG image also – don't use the BMP image format, by the way! . Don't hi-jack an e-mail thread. Start a new thread instead if you want to discuss something new. This also holds if a discussion is drifting too much from its original topic. . If you have a question, try to formulate it as concise as possible. This increases your chances to get a quick reply. . Expect a turn-around of at least 48 hours for an answer. This is a list of volunteers, not a paid hotline. If you don't get a reply, there might be at least reasons. . Your request is too broad. After two days or so, try to reformulate and be more concise, probably adding code, examples, images, etc. . Nobody knows the answer. . Use hard line breaks to have a line length of less than 80 characters. . Avoid tab characters. Werner _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user