Frankly listservs make very poor knowledge bases for the obvious reasons, hence the efforts by some in other communities to distill the problem/resolution couplet into dynamic online docs where a user will find current comprehensive succinct and useful information.
On Feb 25, 2012, at 3:29 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi :) > I think that is fair enough. The 2 worst case scenarios i can see as a > result are > 1. A questionner gets 2 almost identical answer or the same advice given in > 2 different ways. > 2. A questionner gets 2 completely different answers going in different > directions > > Both are actually quite positive. In 2 the questionner gets to pick and > choose which answer they like or they get to try both ways. In 1 the > questionner is given greater confidence in the answer and maybe has a greater > understanding of how to deal with side-issues. > > Both cases occur anyway and that is part of the advantage of having a public > list. No-one can get along well with everyone all the time. If we all did > then there would be substantial less great and inspiring art, literature, > innovations and all the rest. So, i think it is all good. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > --- On Sat, 25/2/12, Caesar <cae...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > From: Caesar <cae...@hiwaay.net> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top posting > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 11:30 > > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:24:58 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak > <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top > posting: > >> On 02/23/2012 04:18 AM, Caesar wrote: >>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:38:59 -0500, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak >>> <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote Re Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top >>> posting: >>> >>>> On 02/22/2012 03:10 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote: >>>>> On 22 February 2012 13:56, Larry Gusaas<larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I avoid the aggravation by having posts from Tom Davies automatically >>>>> deleted. >>>> Now that is cold... >>> Cold but effective. >>> >> Perhaps you misunderstood what I meant. >> >> >> What I meant was "it feels mean to say that someone values a person's >> contributions so little that they have an automatic deletion filter on >> all of their contributions". Especially when it is someone that produces >> so much good for the LO community (say in the area of free documentation). > > If a poster insists that he be able to post in a manner that I find > confusing and offensive, then I'm not interested in reading anything > he is writting. > > I find it very effective in making this mailing list readable. > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
