From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: posting guide? Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:16:17 -1000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39307) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFtyG-0002Cr-Ak for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:16:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFtyD-0006G4-8a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:16:28 -0400 Received: from oproxy14-pub.unifiedlayer.com ([67.222.51.224]:46788) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFtyC-0006FY-Vs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:16:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Jay Kerns's message of "Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:13:08 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jay Kerns Cc: Org Mode List Aloha Jay, Jay Kerns writes: > > That's my point: I propose that we, as a community, come to some > sort of consensus as to what un/acceptable behavior is and an > accepted mechanism of response. One way to accomplish this is > with a posting guide. I have some thoughts about this: > > 1. It should be written and maintained by the community. On > Worg, for instance. Worg has a brief description of the mailing list, including list etiquette: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-mailing-list.html It tries to stay away from prescription, and it deliberately avoids mentioning all the bad behaviors that can be found on mailing lists. Please feel free to edit so it suits! All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com