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[H.S.]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> Your entitled to your opinion but I don't see it that way and Karl certainly didn't.
> There are nice ways to tell someone they are not posting in a correct approved way. It's certainly not appropriate to say something that is totally incorrect and likely harmful to a computer in case a total noobie is reading and doesn't know any better. 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net

I see your point, and I agree with it.

I think what some people are trying to explain here is that if one wants
to be sarcastic or humorous, it should made clear in some way (/sarcasm
tags, :) for jokes or by using one's writing skills), for the exact
reason given above by Leonard. The lists are future references for all
kinds of users, including newbies.

But then this is an open mailing list and everyone is entitled to
his/her own opinion. One cannot force others to follow some basic rules.
In my opinion, what this eventually leads to is the image a particular
list projects of itself. If it is filled with noise which has
potentially dangerous advice in the guise of being humorous without
explicitly stating so, the list will get an image of not being thorough
or untrustworthy.

And there is absolutely nothing one can make others do there. In a way I
see it as Darwinism as work here. If a list eventually is untrustworthy,
it will not be references much by people looking for good advice.
Example: I find that out of the linux newsgroups, redhad, fedora and
other mailing lists, the most trustworthy, useful, robust and
knowledgeable lists (for Linux advice) are of Debian and Gentoo. The
most noisy newsgroup that comes to my mind is of Windows XP on
microsoft's servers (undoubtedly there are others).

Regards.






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