"Dean Michael C. Berris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Although the S:N ratio is getting worse than wanted at times, we still > answer technical questions and the list is sill meant to be a technical > list. We all try to be civil, and sometimes we still make mistakes and > our emotions get in the way. But then we're all human so it's all good. ;)
Which comes playing in my mind: if plug is supposed to be a tech-only
ml, why? The name therefore is misleading: `.ph Linux Users' Group
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Mailing List'.
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Then this list ought *not* to be just a technical mailing list: it's
supposed to be a *user group* list. Therefore it shouldn't just talk of
purely (deep) technical matters, M$-bashing crap, or company/distro
announcements. People outside the realm of computer science, people who
are actually just trying Linux out, should feel welcome here, even when
there's a flamewar going on.
Otherwise, it would be better (in my opinion) to have this mechanism:
plug-announce - read-only list, for PLUG organizational announcements
plug-tech - members-only list, for tech discussions not limited to
software/hardware development on Linux
plug-user - open moderated list, so people don't need to be members of
plug-tech or even plug to have discussions of all kinds
(though still pertaining to Linuxen, of course)
plug-devel - possibly members-only list, for devs on Linux and plug-org
This therefore obsoletes plug, plug-org, ph-linux-newbie, and even
plug-misc. While there could be possible info overload for the noobs, I
think guiding them to the Google/A9 Archives and teaching them to search
is a better idea foremost, before posting anything.
Note that I'm not even a PLUG member, just sharing what's in my mind,
what could be done. You might even hint that it follows conventions
outlined by a lot of Linux distro maintainers; this is to ensure
consistency actually, so a lot of effort won't be duplicated (and a lot
of inodes might be saved).
The more we could actually solve people's problems and help further the
cause of the human race, rather than procrastinating on the future of
Linux and FOSS in the face of the unkind world today, the better.
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