On 01-05-2021 20:07, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: > > * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing > lists that are language-specific for example debian-user-french > > * It is common for users to be redirected here from other lists - for example, > from debian-project. It is also common for people to be posting here when > English is not their primary language. Please be considerate. > > * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both > the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code of Conduct > > https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct > https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct > > * This is a fairly busy mailing list and you may have to wait for an > answer - please be patient. Please post answers back to the list so > others can benefit; private conversations don't benefit people who > may be following along on the list or reading the archives later. > > * Help and advice on this list is provided by volunteers in their own time. > It is common for there to be different opinions or answers provided. > > * Please try to stay on topic. Arguments for the sake of it are not > welcome here. Partisan political / religious / cultural arguments > do not belong here either. Debian's community is world wide; don't > assume others will agree with your views or need to read them on a > Debian list. > > * There is an FAQ on the Debian wiki derived from some questions asked on this > list at https://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser > > * One question that comes up on almost all Debian lists from time to time is > of > the form: > "I have done something wrong / included personal details in an email. > Could you please delete my name / details / remove the mail" > > Practically, this is impossible: the mailing lists are archived, > potentially cached > by Google and so on. Unfortunately, there is nothing much we can do to > ensure that > all copies anywhere on the Internet are deleted. Asking to do this may > only serve to > draw further attention - the so-called "Streisand effect" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect > > Problems? > ========= > > Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the > Debian Community Team <commun...@debian.org>. > > Inappropriate behaviour on the list may lead to warnings; repeated bad > behaviour may lead to temporary or permanent bans for offenders.
`This is a fairly busy mailing list' - Oh no, it isn't! It used to be. I can recall days when I'd get 300 mails or more, but that was when the attitude was it was a list for Debian users, and not just a list for Debian issues. At times, there would be 70% of threads on topic, while the rest were wildly off, but there's one aspect everybody seems to have forgotten: conversation/communication builds community. And this list is somewhat dry on that quality these days. I think we can attribute the list drying up like a river in drought to that. Perhaps the prissy and politically correct simply don't have it right? Cheers! Harry. -- `Women fall in love with what they hear, men fall in love with what they see, that's why women wear make up and men lie'.
