Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
> > Can we move on please ? > > I already have. I didnt mean to open such a big can of worms here :( -- Jonathan Aquilina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: moderators+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
On May 10, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: >>HOW can you condemn Jonathan's behaviour ??? > > please read this: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette All the debates is very disingenuous. That link puts the top-posting/bottom-posting in 16th position, just abov

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
On May 10, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Seems like pretty much every list has a large proportion of people > top-posting. Indeed. And as you say, modern devices make that difference irrelevant. Old quoted parts of mails are often not displayed by the software, mobile devices only ha

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
I didnt mean to open a can of worms with all of this. Tom this was discussed and voted on and i remember seeing this. I wish there was a setting i could adjust in gmail to not hide the previous email text. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Which community? When was

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Which community?  When was the vote?  Who was allowed to have a say in it?  Seems like pretty much every list has a large proportion of people top-posting.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Florian Effenberger >To: moderators@documentfoundation.org >S

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Who chooses which bits to trim?  The problem you folks have is that 98% of the world uses top-posting.  If you can't cope with top-posting then only 2% of the world can help you with your work.  You are actively blocking 98% of people that might be willing to help out.  Your fight agai

Re: [tdf-moderators] Re: extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, it seemed like a good idea without really knowing the technical side of it.  If the technical side would make it tricky then lets just halt the chat about this.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Marc Paré >To: Jonathan Aquilina >Cc: moderators@

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Tablets, phones and other hand-helds often make it difficult or impossible to bottom post.  Your fight to block top-posters from being involved means blocking almost everyone, especially office workers.  An office suite that can't cope with being used by office workers! Regards from Tom

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 05/09/2013 08:26 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Anne, what the bottom posters want is to make it awkward for people. It is exactly the opposite. Bottom posting makes it easier to understand the context. Top posting makes it not just awkward but impossible to understand the context, and forces to go t

[tdf-moderators] Re: extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Marc Paré
Le 09/05/13 08:56 AM, Jonathan Aquilina a écrit : Hey Florian Marc and everyone. I was just thinking seeing as we have a moderators mailing list now for the mailing lists, could the moderators email address be extended to use with the forums when that time comes? -- Jonathan Aquilina Please

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Anne, Tom, On 09/05/2013 21:19, anne-ology wrote: >I agree. > >And I will continue to be logical, using common sense. > >And I will continue to defend those who are unfairly attacked; even > if it means being attacked myself. > >I've always followed this advice

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Am 09.05.2013 21:19, schrieb anne-ology: >I agree. What do you agree to? Stefan -- LibreOffice - Die Freiheit nehm' ich mir! -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: moderators+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread anne-ology
I agree. And I will continue to be logical, using common sense. And I will continue to defend those who are unfairly attacked; even if it means being attacked myself. I've always followed this advice; I see no reason to cease now, On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:26 PM, To

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Tom, Tom Davies wrote on 2013-05-09 20:26: Notice that the Netiquette guide is from several decades ago, it's pre-hand-helds, pre-tablets, even pre-mobile-phones. It's deeply routed in ancient technology and old ways of doing things from an era that has long since gone. this Netiquette is

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Anne, what the bottom posters want is to make it awkward for people.  They don't want you to just reply to the message.  You have to edit out the bits that in your opinion are not relevant anymore so that their message becomes your interpretation of what they might have been trying to say

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, anne-ology wrote on 2013-05-09 19:18: What's the matter with Jonathan's method? And Top-posting is the most logical method; otherwise you have to re-read what you've already read in order to see the new bit. [are bottom-posters so forgetful???]

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread anne-ology
What's the matter with Jonathan's method? And Top-posting is the most logical method; otherwise you have to re-read what you've already read in order to see the new bit. [are bottom-posters so forgetful???] HOW can you condemn Jonathan's behaviour ?

[tdf-moderators] Re: Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Jan Holesovsky wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > Jonathan Aquilina píše v Čt 09. 05. 2013 v 17:58 +0200: > > > that is a very valid question. > > I appreciate your energy you spend here, but can you please decrease the > amount of mail you write to tdf-moderators@? A mess

[tdf-moderators] Mailing list behavior

2013-05-09 Thread Jan Holesovsky
Hi Jonathan, Jonathan Aquilina píše v Čt 09. 05. 2013 v 17:58 +0200: > that is a very valid question. I appreciate your energy you spend here, but can you please decrease the amount of mail you write to tdf-moderators@? A message like "that is a very valid question" adds no value; I am sure som

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Hi Christian, Le 09/05/2013 17:57, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : > Hi Jean-Baptiste, *, > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure > wrote: >> Le 09/05/2013 16:49, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : >>> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Sophie Gautier >>> wrote: On 09/05/2013 15:52, J

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Jean-Baptiste rejecting the email gets it off the server so to speak otherwise just ignoring it it sits there for 10 days before being rejected. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Christian Lohmaier wrote: > Hi Jean-Baptiste, *, > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure > wrote: > >

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
that is a very valid question. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: > Hi, > > Le 09/05/2013 16:49, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : > > Hi *, > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Sophie Gautier > wrote: > >> On 09/05/2013 15:52, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > >>> Isnt that the

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Jean-Baptiste, *, On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: > Le 09/05/2013 16:49, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : >> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Sophie Gautier >> wrote: >>> On 09/05/2013 15:52, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: Isnt that the same thing as emailing back saying

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Hi, Le 09/05/2013 16:49, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : > Hi *, > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Sophie Gautier > wrote: >> On 09/05/2013 15:52, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >>> Isnt that the same thing as emailing back saying reject? >> >> yes, it's said on the mail that passed a 10 (?) days dela

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi *, On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: > On 09/05/2013 15:52, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> Isnt that the same thing as emailing back saying reject? > > yes, it's said on the mail that passed a 10 (?) days delay, the mail > will be automagically destroyed :) The effect for the

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks Sophie :) Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Sophie Gautier >To: moderators@documentfoundation.org >Sent: Thursday, 9 May 2013, 14:54 >Subject: Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate >mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small,

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Totally agreed I think what anne-ology was concerned we would be sending an email back to the spammer saying this is a valid email keep on spamming me. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > All true > > However if something reaches this list it has already been rejected.

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) All true However if something reaches this list it has already been rejected.  We just try to rescue the ones that were valid and sent here by mistake.  Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Jonathan Aquilina >To: anne-ology >Cc: Tom Davies ; Florian Effe

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread anne-ology
I agree; and would be glad to help. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) > I was hoping to be a moderator on one of the forums and it would be a neat > trick if this list could be the central place for moderators of all the > different systems. I know people at Ask L

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
this isnt replying to the spammer this is replying to the server telling it to reject the message. thanks to google this saved this address automatically this is what i am replying to discuss+reject-2521220c3d6c2f84 < discuss+reject-2521220c3d6c2...@documentfoundation.org> which tells mlmmj to re

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread anne-ology
as in Mission Impossible ;-) On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Sophie Gautier wrote: On 09/05/2013 15:52, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > > Isnt that the same thing as emailing back saying reject? > > yes, it's said on the mail that passed a 10 (?) days delay, the mail > will be automagically

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread anne-ology
There's a problem with replying to a spammer; in that way you're merely acknowledging that the e-address is valid. To my way of thinking, that's a bad thing to do; isn't it better to ignore & hope the spammer will give up. Also, these spammers tend to use slightly different e

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Petr Mladek
I am sorry for this spam. My fingers were too fast and sent an empty reply to a wrong mail. Best Regards, Petr Petr Mladek píše v Čt 09. 05. 2013 v 15:43 +0200: > Florian Effenberger píše v Čt 09. 05. 2013 v 14:57 +0200: > > Hi, > > > > Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-05-09 14:56: > > > Hey Flor

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Sophie Gautier
On 09/05/2013 15:52, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > Isnt that the same thing as emailing back saying reject? yes, it's said on the mail that passed a 10 (?) days delay, the mail will be automagically destroyed :) Kind regards Sophie -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: moderators+unsubscr...@documentfound

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Isnt that the same thing as emailing back saying reject? On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > I get the impression that if we do nothing then the message gets blocked. > So if you don't like a message or think it's spam then it's fine to leave > it. > > We are mainly tryi

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I get the impression that if we do nothing then the message gets blocked.  So if you don't like a message or think it's spam then it's fine to leave it.  We are mainly trying to catch the ones that should not have been blocked in order to unblock them.  Regard from Tom :)  >__

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Petr Mladek
Florian Effenberger píše v Čt 09. 05. 2013 v 14:57 +0200: > Hi, > > Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-05-09 14:56: > > Hey Florian Marc and everyone. I was just thinking seeing as we have a > > moderators mailing list now for the mailing lists, could the moderators > > email address be extended to u

Re: [tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Jonathan, Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-05-09 15:20: florian any chance you can black list this domain as this is the 3rd email today from the same company in the span of a few hrs to the mirrors list i have rejected them all but still its very annoying that they are still pushing to spam t

Re: [tdf-moderators] nabble moderation

2013-05-09 Thread Sophie Gautier
On 09/05/2013 15:11, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi Sophie, > > Sophie Gautier wrote on 2013-05-09 15:10: >> I was adapting my moderation folder and realized that I might be the >> only one moderating the Nabble gateway now that Drew is away for a >> while, or is there anybody else with me? this

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-05-09 15:25: Would it be worth sending out an email to those moderators of other parts of the project such as wiki etc to sign up here? Maybe as well making a global announcement that if anyone finds spam on mailing lists etc for example can contact moderator

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Would it be worth sending out an email to those moderators of other parts of the project such as wiki etc to sign up here? Maybe as well making a global announcement that if anyone finds spam on mailing lists etc for example can contact moderators here. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Florian Ef

[tdf-moderators] Fwd: Please moderate mirr...@documentfoundation.org: Software Solutions for Small, Medium & Large Businesses

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
florian any chance you can black list this domain as this is the 3rd email today from the same company in the span of a few hrs to the mirrors list i have rejected them all but still its very annoying that they are still pushing to spam the list. -- Forwarded message -- From: Date

Re: [tdf-moderators] nabble moderation

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I would be quite happy to be a moderator on Nabble too.  At the moment it feels weird not being able to help there as i still see the normal emails and Nabble as being the same thing.  It's confusing me. Regards from Tom :)  > > From: Sophie Gautier >

Re: [tdf-moderators] nabble moderation

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Sophie, Sophie Gautier wrote on 2013-05-09 15:10: I was adapting my moderation folder and realized that I might be the only one moderating the Nabble gateway now that Drew is away for a while, or is there anybody else with me? this is not a charge, there is very few to do, but more for the ca

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-05-09 15:07: Florian i agree with Tom this should be a central list for all projects that need moderation. Does the wiki and other things do they have their own moderation mailing list? no - there's no actual need for that, but of course, wiki admins can use

[tdf-moderators] nabble moderation

2013-05-09 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Flo, I was adapting my moderation folder and realized that I might be the only one moderating the Nabble gateway now that Drew is away for a while, or is there anybody else with me? this is not a charge, there is very few to do, but more for the case where I'm not available. Thanks in advance,

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Tom The forums are still in development stages, sadly that stopped so I am not sure what the deal is there. Marc Pare would be the guy to talk to if you want to help out there. Florian i agree with Tom this should be a central list for all projects that need moderation. Does the wiki and other th

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I was hoping to be a moderator on one of the forums and it would be a neat trick if this list could be the central place for moderators of all the different systems.  I know people at Ask LO were asking for a list where they could co-ordinate their answers.  I'm not sure if they already ha

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list - responsibilities?

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Donald Norwood wrote on 2013-05-09 14:36: Got it. With not much traffic on the mirrors mailing list I can assist with other lists as needed. thanks! I think we're fine at the moment, but if there's one specific list you would like to moderate, let me know. :) Florian -- To unsubscribe

Re: [tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-05-09 14:56: Hey Florian Marc and everyone. I was just thinking seeing as we have a moderators mailing list now for the mailing lists, could the moderators email address be extended to use with the forums when that time comes? anyone can subscribe to this li

[tdf-moderators] extending the moderators mailing list to the forums as well.

2013-05-09 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Hey Florian Marc and everyone. I was just thinking seeing as we have a moderators mailing list now for the mailing lists, could the moderators email address be extended to use with the forums when that time comes? -- Jonathan Aquilina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: moderators+unsubscr...@document

Re: [tdf-moderators] Mailing list - responsibilities?

2013-05-09 Thread Donald Norwood
Hi Florian, On 05/09/2013 02:26 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: Hi Donald, Donald Norwood wrote on 2013-05-09 03:40: Are we only receiving moderation requests for the mirrors mailing list or all the the mailing lists? My confusion comes from the initial email with the fill mail listing. it's

Re: [tdf-moderators] Closing down a list?

2013-05-09 Thread Michael Meeks
On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 10:29 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > It's a bit difficult to prove or disprove without having even just a trial > period. Sure we have to make a decision based on our experience. Then again, having a clear, focused purpose and audience to the list would be good; ultim

Re: [tdf-moderators] Closing down a list?

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's a bit difficult to prove or disprove without having even just a trial period.  I'd not heard about the Firebird issue.  Could i pass that around to a few other people that are working on different aspects of Base, such as those in documentation, the users list and such or is it be

Re: [tdf-moderators] Closing down a list?

2013-05-09 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Tom, On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 20:57 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Ahah, could we have a special list for Base? Not for any of the other > modules/apps because they are not so desperately in need of cross-list > collaboration in order to get some basics working. This is a long-term request o