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

[Paul Allen Newell]

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.

Paul