Martijn Dashorst wrote: > On 1/29/08, James Carman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Remember, these mailing > >> lists are used by thousands of people all over the world and they're >> here for a specific reason, to learn about Wicket (or to help others). >> > > > > Remember that we are all humans, and that the social interactions between > people is what makes a community thrive, as long as it is respectful and > open. The occasional personal wish, note or other social interaction that > happens on the list makes us remember that we are human, and a community. > > I think in this case the sharing was not off limits, and I hate to see our > list go down a route where we take out any and all personal interactions and > have to limit ourselves to the java problem du jour. > > What we do need to be careful of is that it transcends into mostly personal > chitchat. However I don't see that happening anytime soon. The number of > w00t ftw and other messages is pretty low, as are the number of personal > life sharing. > > > Yes these messages are better suited to personal blogs or private messages, > however I am not willing to start a police hunt or moderation effort to > remove any and all personal sharing on these lists. > > This is a delicate problem. I rarely ever contribute since I'm still learning and I really appreciate the complete answers I get when I ask questions; however it is very difficult for me to follow this list. Perhaps to some it doesn't seem high volume, but it easily triples all the other mail I get. To me anything that perhaps improves the signal to noise ratio helps.
That said, I wouldn't want it turned into what advanced-servlets turned into. That list was basically dead quiet and whenever someone did ask a question there was a 90% chance the responses would be two page diatribes on how that question was not an advanced-servlet question.
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