I believe the content he posted is quite good and can help many new users who are afraid to join Linux because of look and feel.
But the way he gave the link may probably help Jeremiah to press the BAN button. Anuj Agarwal +91-9923111896 SME DVCI AMDOCS, Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > What is against the Code of Conduct is this: "Or any post that may be > perceived as an advertisement". When you join our LUG and the first few > posts you make are links to other websites, or in this case, the same > website, it seems like an advertisement for that site. I don't have issues > with people posting cool articles they find, I've done it myself. But when > all you do is post those, I question the purpose of your membership. > > Slightly off topic factoid: Since Oct 2006 when we implemented the Code of > Conduct, we have banned 784 spammers for attempted initial posts to websites > not involving Linux, usually to sex sites or scams. > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:44, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I already opened a discussion with the other moderators about these >> kinds of >> > posts. They are against our Code of Conduct. If you are curious about >> our >> > rules, check it out: >> > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup/web/code-of-conduct >> >> You may want to elaborate on what part of the code of conduct is being >> violated. >> >> Put another way, imagine the post being like this: >> >> <post> >> Subject: For those interface addicts : change your UBUNTU look like FooBar >> >> Make your UBUNTU look perfectly like FooBar by just installing a >> script >> Here I found the video telling how to install it >> </post> >> >> Substitute whatever variant of OS for FooBar: Windows XP, OS X, >> Debian, BSD, Solaris, etc. Which variants would violate the code of >> conduct? >> >> Regards, >> - Robert >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
