[CentOS] Forum Decorum: a reminder seems appropriate.

Peter Farrow peter at farrows.org
Wed Mar 29 20:19:50 UTC 2006


PS:  In this world there at 10 types of people: Those who understand 
binary and those who don't




Peter Farrow wrote:
> William L. Maltby wrote:
>> I point to the following *not* as a license for more experienced folks
>> to become inordinately rude or terse with those who don't stick closely
>> to the guidelines presented, but in the hope that some of the newer
>> folks may have been ignorant of some of these "net common courtesies".
>>
>> My goal is that we'll see "better" questions than some of what we've
>> had.
>>
>> It starts here
>>
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#asking
>>
>> and goes through here
>>
>> Don't ask people to reply by private e-mail
>>
>> There is more of interest and there are postings on the web that are
>> shorter and more focused on the "do your homework and reports pertinent
>> data", but I'm getting the feeling that a general reminder is in order.
>>
>> HTH and no offense targeted at/to anybody.
>>
>> Bill
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> No offence taken but in the same way I don't think that link really 
> follows the spirit of what happens here.
>
> The link you posted implies that you should exhaust all avenues before 
> posting to a forum with a question.
>
> That isn't really in the spirit of this type of forum imho.  Typically 
> you get *better* answers on this forum than you do searching the web 
> as the people here have first hand experience of using Centos.  This 
> forum shouldn't be seen as the last place you ask, in my opinion it 
> should be one of the first.  Additionally the link you posted asserts 
> that people here won't want to be a question posters free consultant.  
> All the people on this list that are regulars are on this list to 
> contribute and share experience and information for free.
>
> For Centos questions this really should be one of the first places you 
> ask for the best quality answers, after some remedial research.  I 
> enjoy being a part of this list as people's questions and the answers 
> and ideas exchanged expand your knowledge and lead you to know about 
> what others find hard or have had problems with, which is invaluable.
>
> All questions are valid, often people asking the simplest of questions 
> are the ones who can benefit the most from information provided here.
>
> Admittedly personal flaming and those who are almost religious in 
> their IT beliefs are not welcome on this type of forum, but we've all 
> been in situations where comments ignite a passion to set the world 
> straight.....and sometimes those discussions are the most amusing and 
> thought provoking....--- dare I mention SELinux and disabling it.....  
> :-P
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