Preston Crawford wrote:
On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 03:30 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Hey Guys,
I am looking to put together a set of guidelines for posting on the CentOS Mailing Lists. The aim being that we come up with a framework that is then enforceable by a moderator, should the need arise.
Be polite.
The end.
Preston
I wholly object to the educated and sensible remark! ^_^
Now Preston, polite is a subjective matter. What I consider to be polite or simply non-wordy (terse) may be offensive or mean to someone else, so simply telling everyone to be polite is not necessarily "enough". I don't think.
However, someone in another thread (I obviously am not hunting it down) mentioned criticism not being done to the list so that feelings aren't hurt and what not. That was the jist of it anyhow. That seems like a good idea that way people aren't feeling they have something to defend. If something is not wholly incorrect but maybe one of those "YMMV" things, then by all means post to the list with possible scenarios to highlight that. There's not need to get ugly about it.
On the other hand it would probably be a good idea that if someone is blatantly incorrect that an off list discussion take place (likely with documentation stating otherwise) so that the poster could correct themselves or someone else can simply point to documentation that states "this information given was not correct, maybe the poster has gotten some outdated or incorrect information passed to them".
I may not be explaining myself well, but I think this comes across fairly easily. Clarification?
HTH
Alex White