On 1/29/08, James Carman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any conversation that becomes personal in nature (well wishes for > other people's loved ones for example) should be taken off-line, since > it's just not relevant to the rest of us.
I agree in partial with this sentiment, however... 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. Martijn -- Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst Apache Wicket 1.3.0 is released Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0
