[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: O'Reilly Discussion Guidelines

[MadHat]

On Sep 8, 2004, at 6:11 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 18:32, lee wrote:
>> bryan - can you provide a url which details these discussion 
>> guidelines?

Discussion guidelines for this list are on the subscribe/management 
page:
http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

There is also the RFC:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html

> First off, I'm not big on list ettique, other than avoiding politics
> (the only thing I complain about ettique-wise).  I find it's a stick
> that some people like to apply to others, but not themselves.  I.e., 
> the
> people who complain the most are typically also in the 5% of those who
> cause a lot on their own (I know I'm in this 5%, so I don't complain).
>
> Secondly and unfortunately, I have not seen them posted for some time.
> They used to be posted in UseNet FAQs regularly.  They were a set of
> guidelines adopted for UseNet, which are very applicable to mailing
> lists.  Today with Google.COM and mailing list archives that thread 
> like
> UseNet does, they are still quite good.
>
> And yes, it was Tim.  I'd have to check, but I believe he refers to it
> in a couple of the O'Reilly series of books -- older Editions (late
> '80s, early '90s) -- with regards to Internet discussions.  Been a bit.

The main idea is to lurk and see how lists work before posting.  Follow 
the list.  Try to respect those that have been on the list.