Now apologise for America, Britain told

[chris]

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 21:29 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 7 April 2011 21:20, Charlie Derr <cderr at simons-rock.edu> wrote:
> > Isn't this list is "explicitly for" such (otherwise normally) off-topic discussions?
> >        ~c
> 
> No. For about the eleventy-billionth time.
> 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/sounder
> 
> "The Sounder mailing list should be used for discussion of subjects of
> general interest related to the Ubuntu project, Linux, Open Source or
> software in general. "
> 
> "Please take a moment to read the Ubuntu mailing list guidelines
> before posting:- http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists"
> 
> "Avoid flamewars, trolling, personal attacks, and repetitive arguments"
> 
> "Every mailing list deals with a specific subject matter (a topic). It
> is important to limit discussion to that topic so that the mailing
> list remains productive. When writing to mailing lists, bear in mind
> that your email may be sent to hundreds of people, who have signed up
> to the mailing list for a specific reason, or interest. Avoid subjects
> which are not relevant to the individual mailing list, and each time
> you write an email, consider its relevance for the mailing list in
> question. A good rule of thumb is that each email should contribute
> positively to a relevant discussion."
> 
> ..and so on..
> 
> Al.
> 

+1
The Kiwi