Re: Mailing List Etiquette (was Re: can't run sshd on 23456 in Fedora 19)

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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.

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