Am 29.03.2013 15:55, schrieb Steven Stern:
When people talk about choosing FOSS software like Fedora, "a strong community" is always cited.
May we declare a moratorium on meta-discussions? If someone doesn't give enough info, ask them for more, and that's all. Going off on top posting, depth of quoting, typos, etc makes the list a hostile place.
no, no and no again
if someone refuses to * provide at least ANY information * write a subject which describes the problem * is hijacking threads * ignores basics like not top-posting or starts with HTML messages he has to learn it
and if someone starts MULTIPLE threads over days with no information at all, with different subjects and so on he has at least to understand quickly that with this way asking questions he comes not far
http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html sad enough that people saw they need to write such "guidelines"