On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > . Stay polite and avoid ad-hominem attacks.
Is that a real rule, or only what we wish were a rule? I've seldom seen more ad hominem on any list than I routinely see on this one, and it has caused me to both block a couple of regular contributors in my local filtering rules, and seriously consider both exiting the list and ceasing to use LilyPond entirely. I think a little bit more actual enforcement of "no ad hominem" might improve things a lot, but strong censure of ad hominem tactics has not happened, and I see strong reasons why it's unlikely to happen in the future. As a matter of *practice*, one rule of this list seems to be "ad hominem is a perfectly legitimate way of making points, if you have a loud voice." We also seem to have a rule of tolerating tantrums and threats. -- Matthew Skala msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca People before principles. http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
