Hi Karl,
I know you've been on this list for a while now, but I'd like to remind
you of proper etiquette when posting to this list.
The main problem is that you tend to confuse people - and when they get
confused, they take it out with angry emails, causing even more trouble
for everyone else.
Well, I guess I can't speak for EVERYONE - but you confuse the hell out
of me.
So, PLEASE, make sure that any new message that you write to the list is
either:
* a reply to an already-established thread of conversation (without
changing the subject line),
* or the message is self-contained, preferably with a descriptive subject
The message I'm replying to is VERY confusing, and it takes a lot of
time to understand what you're talking about.
> The update for Open Office arrived here and I tried to print in
landscape mode and it worked just fine on F7.
Looks like this is in reference to an earlier message, "Bug filed on
openoffice-writer 2.3.0 problem with Landscape Printing". If only you
mentioned that message in your email, it wouldn't take me half a minute
to realize you referenced a different thread of conversation.
If this were a chatroom, it would make sense that people know what
you're talking about - because like it or not, you pay attention to what
others say. On a mailing list, however, a lot of people simply skip over
the messages they have no interest in. Your message title is very vague
but the contents is very specific. Since I have no interest in the
original message, having to look through yours makes me feel like you
just pulled a prank on me - something like "HA! MADE YOU LOOK!" That's
just childish. Granted, some [angry] replies to your messages are even
more childish... and there are lots of childish people on this list...
but those are topics I'll leave for a different email ;)
> The Fedora web page in Red Hat says F8 will be available in 7 days.
So get ready. My DSL Internet is so slow I may buy a DVD from CheapBytes.
This is neither here nor there. It's implied that the main topics of
this list are 1) problems and 2) technical discussions. What you wrote
is a fact, and it relates to Fedora - but it does not fit in the main
categories. Therefore, the message is technically off-topic and should
be marked as such.
Personally, I would either put that in a P.S. of some message, or use a
title like "[OT] Fedora 8 coming soon!"
I hate to repeat myself, but...
You're being very inconsiderate to people in this list (many of who are
volunteers who are not in any way associated with RH). I'm sure you
don't mean to be, but that's the way it appears. Please take care what
you say, and remember - pen is mightier than the sword ;)
P.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6bbXgUNOws
haha, couldn't resist :-D
