<quote who="O Plameras"> > > I'm pretty comfortable with my knowledge of online etiquette. I'm not so > > comfortable with your knowledge of SLUG's. > > Google tells me that there are over 5Mega Articles that disagrees with > you.
Oscar, over many years, we have adapted the culture of SLUG towards one that does not use the term "RTFM". The term is not helpful, it is not kind, and it is not what we want this LUG or list to be about. In some ways, it is the antithesis of a productive and approachable LUG mailing list in a single acronym. There are vastly more useful ways to communicate than to use this annoying, unfortunate, unwelcoming term. Especially when it involves new participants in the LUG's activities or mailing list. It really doesn't matter what wikipedia or random crap you've found on Google has to say about it -- the use of "RTFM" is *not* something we want to encourage in SLUG. It's a cultural thing. If you don't understand it, that's fine. But please observe the culture of this community, and what it stands for. (I can't believe it's 2006, and we're still asking people to stop using "RTFM". No flying cars, either.) - Jeff -- FISL 7.0: Porto Alegre, Brazil http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/7.0/www/ "I've been thinking: I get way too many pieces of e-mail, about 60 a day." - Microserfs -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
