[haiku] Re: Proposal: add "Stay on topic" clause to Mailing List Etiquette
- From: scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:49:17 -0800
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Haiku has a Mailing List Etiquette that details some rules on how to use the
> project's mailing lists. If you haven't read it yet, please do so; the page
> can be found on the website here:
>
> http://www.haiku-os.org/community/ml/etiquette
>
> One clause that I believe is sorely missing from this etiquette is that of
> staying on topic. I can think of at least two reasons for adopting such a
> rule:
>
> 1) People sign up to a list to read about what's relevant to their specific
> interest(s).
>
> 2) Going off-topic derails the discussion and this affects the productivity
> of the list and makes it very inefficient.
>
> In order to avoid people getting messages on topics that are not relevant to
> the lists that they have signed up for and to make the lists a more
> productive communications tool for the project, I propose that we add a
> "Stay on topic" clause to the Haiku Mailing List Etiquette. I am thinking
> something along the lines of (subject to discussion/review):
>
> ********
>
> When starting a new thread on a Haiku mailing list, please choose the right
> list for the subject of the discussion you are about to start.
>
> When following up on a thread started by someone else, please stay on topic
> as a way to contribute to the original intent of the thread. Please, do not
> derail the discussion in a different direction, as this is not productive.
>
> If you feel the need to take any given thread into a different direction,
> please start a new thread.
>
> ********
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jorge/aka Koki
>
>
>
+1. For updating and enforcing the mailing list rules.
There was an attempt to move that topic to a new thread but then some
still insisted on replying to the original thread continuing the
off-topic discussion. For me that's when I just started deleting
emails from both threads without reading them. I'm already on way too
many lists and I am getting close to dropping this one.
-scott
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