On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 11:46:38PM -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 7/9/2013 11:44 PM, Rejy M Cyriac wrote: > >On 07/10/2013 11:48 AM, Tim wrote: > >>Allegedly, on or about 10 July 2013, Rejy M Cyriac sent: > >>>+1 > >>> > >>>I have learnt to just gloss over the unimportant parts of his mail, > >>>and focus on the vast amount of good information that he shares with > >>>the community. Live and let live for the common good, I would say. > >>-10 > >> > >>I'm sick of his behaviour. If he modifies his own behaviour, and > >>continue to behave normally, he might get unmoderated. Let him stay > >>moderated until he can stop being an insulting, aggressive, egotistical > >>sod. > >> > >>Having sociopaths on the list drives people away. New members, old > >>members. They unsubscribe, they delete and ignore entire threads, > >>because they're sick of reading that crap. > >> > >>And despite the "support stories," I don't see a *vast* amount of good > >>information coming through. I see small amounts of information, and I > >>see plenty of other posters providing similar and more amounts of good > >>information. And they do so without being an ass. > >> > >>Seriously, stop defending him. There's no excuse for what he does. > >>I'll go even further. Since he's shown no evidence of stopping doing > >>it, unsubscribe him. We're all better off without it. > >> > >I do not at all condone or defend the kind of language that is used many > >times in his mails, and I certainly do not want people to be driven away > >from the list. I was merely stating the strategy I use, to live with > >those mails coming into my mailbox. > > > >I believe that the moderators of the mailing list have the wisdom and > >the experience to take the right decision, for the common good, and I > >will fully support that decision. > > > In this case, I hope the moderators are listening to the pros and > cons as expressed in this thread to determine what the list wants > rather than looking solely from the pov of what they think is best > for the list. Be assured we are. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org