On 02/10/12 22:25, Francois Dion wrote:
Even worse would be the case of a young aficionado. It is very hard
to infer the age of a person from a post.
Obligatory bash.org quote:
http://bash.org/?14207
For those who don't know bash.org, it contains extracts of IRC and
other chat logs. Many o
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:25 PM, boB Stepp wrote:
> This is the beginning of exactly the same message I received when I
> first joined this mailing list. Honestly, newbie or not, I do not
> understand why many of the posts from newcomers so routinely violate
> the contents of this welcome message
Leam,
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:04 AM, leam hall wrote:
>
> Does the welcome e-mail cover any of the recommended behavior? Are there
> easier ways to request participation within guidelines?
>
Not only does the welcome message cover this, apparently when I posted
my message that started this thre
On 02/10/12 13:17, Mark Lawrence wrote:
I do not intend helping anyone who insists on top posting despite
requests not to do so.
That is of course your prerogative, we can reply to, or ignore,
whichever posts we choose. But we need to be realistic about top
posting. It is the norm, and gener
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Francois Dion wrote:
> Even worse would be the case of a young aficionado. It is very hard
> to infer the age of a person from a post. As Python is making inroads
> in the K-12 sector and through inexpensive computing platforms such as
> OLPC, the Raspberry Pi and
On 02/10/2012 09:08, Alan Gauld wrote:
I am glad you brought the subject up. I had been thinking of posting
something similar. There have been a few outbursts of late, and we have
seen some posts where the content was entirely aimed at improving the
format of the message rather than trying to a
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 9:34 PM, boB Stepp wrote:
> However, I
> think that extra care may be needed in dealing with newbies who may
> only be taking a programming course using Python because of curriculum
> requirements.
A lot of questions seem to come from college students trying to get
the best
On 02/10/2012 12:44, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
On 2 October 2012 11:16, Cecilia Chavana-Bryant
wrote:
In my case, I am a complete beginner not only to python but programming in
general, a complete beginner to internet forums (this is my third post ever)
and I am also not a native English speaker
On 2 October 2012 11:16, Cecilia Chavana-Bryant
wrote:
>
> In my case, I am a complete beginner not only to python but programming in
> general, a complete beginner to internet forums (this is my third post ever)
> and I am also not a native English speaker. So, I feel triply ignorant when I
>
On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 05:04:35AM -0400, leam hall wrote:
> My own struggles to better communicate, and to have my message heard,
> supports the concerns raised here. The Python community is a very good one
> and we are only made better by treating people well. it is easy to go to
> other lists wh
First of all, a HUGE thanks to the volunteers that share their knowledge in
this forum for free! When I first became aware of this and other volunteer
forums I was amazed that there are people out there willing to spend their
valuable time freely helping those of us in need. Thanks also to everyone
My own struggles to better communicate, and to have my message heard,
supports the concerns raised here. The Python community is a very good one
and we are only made better by treating people well. it is easy to go to
other lists where I am a newbie and find top posting preferred and other
behavior
On 02/10/12 02:34, boB Stepp wrote:
I have been following the discussions here since middle-May of this
year. I have gathered that the volunteers strongly value precision of
speech and proper formatting of posts and especially making a strong
effort to solve one's problem(s) before bringing it(th
On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 08:34:03PM -0500, boB Stepp wrote:
> I have been following the discussions here since middle-May of this
> year. I have gathered that the volunteers strongly value precision of
> speech and proper formatting of posts
Some more than others, but yes.
> and especially makin
I have been following the discussions here since middle-May of this
year. I have gathered that the volunteers strongly value precision of
speech and proper formatting of posts and especially making a strong
effort to solve one's problem(s) before bringing it(them) up here for
help. I think I unders
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