On Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:06:44 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:22:01 -0700, Everything You Need To Know wrote:
> > Thank you Steven, I thought most of the exercises I have posted were > > quiet original and still offer interesting results. > [...] > You will find less hostility if you attempt to engage with the community > rather than just dump a link on us. Giving a "real" name or alias is a > good start: calling you "Everything You Need To Know" is tacky. At the > very least, you should sign your posts with the name or alias you wish to > be known by. > Although some people may not like it, self-promotion is not prohibited > here, provided it is relevant to Python, that your posts are not > misleading or deceitful in any way, and you don't flood the channel with > noise. > My recommendation is: > - For preference, you should be a regular poster in the community, > answering questions (or even asking questions!) often enough > that people will recognise you. > - If you are not a regular, you should take the time to engage with > the rest of the community. This is a community, not just a place to > advertise, so the polite thing to do is at least to say hello. Who > are you, what is your background in Python, what do you have to > offer us, why should we follow your link? > - A very common convention in Usenet and email circles is to label > announcements like this with "[Announce]" at the start of the > subject line. > Something like this would probably be more acceptable: > Subject: [Announce] Short Python video about the Mandelbrot set > Hi, I'm Fred, the author of the "Everything You Need To Know" > channel on Youtube. I have a 3 minute video about Python > programming aimed at beginners: > "What do you get with 1 divide by 998001, interesting results" > If you're interested in Python programming or the Mandelbrot set, > you might like my videos. > Thank you, > Fred > You should also be prepared to stick around long enough to answer any > questions (or criticism!). And to add to what Steven said: Please read https://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython Out here your stock goes down when you dont do the due diligence described therein -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
