Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-19 Thread Wols Lists
On 18/11/16 13:11, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Andrew Bernard wrote: >> when asked politely refuses to give his name, refuses to provide minimal > > This "real name" business is completely irrelevant and the people trying > to make it a big deal lose credibility on the o

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-19 Thread Thiago Censi
Hello, Andrew. I am new here, just jumped on the bus when it was already moving. Didn't see the problems you list yet, but I could see from the tone on this thread that you are a person that everbody likes and respects here. This kind of behaviour is really upsetting and it happens anywhere onlin

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Francisco Vila
2016-11-18 10:58 GMT+01:00 Federico Bruni : > > I hope that you won't unsubscribe because of a stupid troll. > Can't you just ignore him? > > I never read his emails, as soon as I see his name I delete the email. "Do > not feed the troll" is the best answer IMO. > Blacklisting should be the very la

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Knut Petersen
Hi Andrew! As long as he uses his identity mclaren, you need to remember to ignore that one name. If mclaren would be banned, there probably would be a ferrari to ignore ... now you would need to ignore two names. The list administrator could also excommunicate ferrari ... maybe a porsche woul

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Thomas Morley
2016-11-18 14:51 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup : > "Andrew Bernard" writes: > >> Hi Matthew, >> >> The people making it a big deal is just me. Now having lost all >> credibility, > > That's nonsense. The problem rather appears to be that you have lost > the fun, and that is serious. Certainly a mclare

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread David Linn
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 3:15 AM Andrew Bernard wrote: > As a list moderator, I would say that by now you should step in and > intervene in this. Blacklisting the person in question does not help me > personally as I still get all the replies and upsetting noise they are > creating. I am aware tha

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Karlin High
Some types of personality and behavior can be taken for offense, or entertainment. For example, the "Dilbert" comic strip with the "Topper" character. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dilbert_characters#Topper Or even better, the "Flame Warriors" guide: http://flamewarriorsguide.com/ "Some ye

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Colin Campbell
On 2016-11-18 06:35 AM, Andrew Bernard wrote: Hi Matthew, The people making it a big deal is just me. Now having lost all credibility, it's time I unsubscribed and stopped contributing. Andrew Andrew, I hope you will reconsider the thought of unsubscribing: leaving the list simply Feeds Th

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread David Kastrup
"Andrew Bernard" writes: > Hi Matthew, > > The people making it a big deal is just me. Now having lost all > credibility, That's nonsense. The problem rather appears to be that you have lost the fun, and that is serious. Certainly a mclaren does not appear to be worth the loss of your particip

RE: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread mskala
On Sat, 19 Nov 2016, Andrew Bernard wrote: > The people making it a big deal is just me. Now having lost all credibility, > it's time I unsubscribed and stopped contributing. Your call, but I didn't say "all." Only your real point would be stronger without the distraction. -- Matthew Skala msk.

RE: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Andrew Bernard
ndrew Bernard Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Andrew Bernard wrote: > when asked politely refuses to give his name, refuses to provide > minimal This "real name" business is completely irrelevant and the

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread mskala
On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Andrew Bernard wrote: > when asked politely refuses to give his name, refuses to provide minimal This "real name" business is completely irrelevant and the people trying to make it a big deal lose credibility on the other, much more important, points they make. -- Matthew Sk

Re: Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno ven 18 nov 2016 alle 10:14, Andrew Bernard ha scritto: As a list moderator, I would say that by now you should step in and intervene in this. Blacklisting the person in question does not help me personally as I still get all the replies and upsetting noise they are creating. I am awa

Trolling and unacceptable behaviour on the list

2016-11-18 Thread Andrew Bernard
Dear Sir, As a reasonably long term and active member of the mailing list, I am at the point of having to unsubscribe due to offensive, trolling, arrogant and vitriolic postings by one mcla...@metachromatic.gmail.com , a person who, when asked politely r