[plug] List domains and netiquette

[Beau Kuiper]

Hi,

Hmm, I am a lurker, thus I don't post much :-) 

I disagree that there needs to be two lists. A second, moderated list would
simply be left unused as everyone just posts to the main list. (Lets face it,
we are all lazy and would either cross-post to both lists or simply to the main
list)

I also do think the flaming is getting slightly out of hand though.  It becomes
very nasty when personal attacks are involved, and I get bored when flamewars
get abusive. (I ussually stop reading a thread when the flamethrowers get pulled
out). Perhaps people involved in personal attacks should get temporaryly banned
(72 hours) as a cool of period, and told to take the crap off the list. Of
course people will have problems with this, like any other solution presented
so far.

On the topic of making people stay on the list, perhaps people are leaving
because there is no decent content on the list. This list needs to have:

	* upcoming meetings and events posted.
	* meeting minutes or summaries.
	* perhaps a summary of security fixes each week or other linux news.
	* other useful stuff.

People will definitely leave when confronted with a list with very little
content and messy flamewars.

Have fun
Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au

> Bret Busby wrote:
> > Also, the separation of the users into separate mailing lists, depending on the
> > knowledge and ability, could lead to elitism within PLUG, to an extent that
> > might not be good.
> 
> This is probably a good point and not something I had previously
> considered.  Although I don't think that PLUG would really ever become
> "elitist", I still think something along those lines is probably not
> really in the spirit with which the group operates.  I would be more
> concerned about people deliberately excluding other people over personal
> issues since this wouldn't be hard to do.
> 
> > Perhaps, as was, I believe, mentioned at the AGM last year, if anyone has the
> > time and the inclination, the "digest", or web site of FAQ's, could be created,
> > which could also make finding information easier, about Linux issues, apart from
> > information about PLUG and the mailing list.
> > Unfortunately, this is one of those things, that has been discussed on the
> > mailing list, and, remained only a discussion, without further action. I believe
> > Leon started a thread about this, sometime in the last couple of months.
> 
> Well, I have offered...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christian.