[A83] Re: abuse of mailing list


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[A83] Re: abuse of mailing list




I appreciate you want to keep the mailing list fine, but you are talking
like you are ticalc staff. You are making rules but they are unofficial,
maybe there ARE people that like off-topic, you are saying omething like: ME
don't like off-topic, so please stay on-topic. And a question that's already
asked can be good too, because people (like me) who are on this mailing list
not for a long time, can learn from them. And maybe in some replies to those
topics things are discussed that have never been discussed before.

Bye,
Gijs Leegwater

btw i enjoy hays he and the angry people always make me laugh :D

: [A83] abuse of mailing list


> Dear subscribers to ticalc's mailing list,
>
> altough I am not in the position of being able to moderate messages
> and/or ask you to keep the following things in mind, I would appreciate
> it if you could be able to obey the following rules (which, and I guess
> other people as well, irritate me)
>
> 1. do not send messages in HTML format, this has not occured a lot
> lately, but it is confusing and irritating when it happens.
>
> 2. read the manual. Please do not use this list to ask questions that
> are answered in the documentation contained within programs or
> utilities.
>
> 3. *search the archives*. There is nothing more irritating then asking
> a question that has already been answered in the past.
>
> 4. do not send full source code and ask to debug it. This list is not
> intended for sending complete programs to, in the hope that you will
> get a bug free program back. You become better at programming by
> learning from your mistakes. If you know what part of code causes the
> problem, just go ahead and ask.
>
> 5. please (this has occured many times lately) send emails containing
> only 'OK' or 'why?'. This leads to lots of emails containing non-
> informational content, so try to either send these mails to the sender
> (not the list) or avoid them at all.
>
> 6. do not mailbomb the list with programs you made or irrelevant links.
> You can advertise your program by either asking the ticalc staff to
> create a news article (if the program is worth it) or dedicate a
> website to it.
>
> 7. I am certainly not interested in what you know about off-topic
> items, please stay on-topic, that is: TI83(+ and SE) Assembly language.
> This, however, does include general syntax and usage of the Z80 ASM
> language, so I'm not complaining if you email about that.
>
> 8. one hard last part: please ignore Hays crap in the future. Let us
> just act like men and ignore them like we should: off-topic is already
> adressed in point 7.
>
> There are several other issues that I do not mention here, but as I
> stated earlier, I cannot force you to keep these things in mind. Just
> try to keep the list clear of spam and link-bombs. I will personally
> thank you if you obey these few rules.
>
> Secondly, I would like to thank all the (in my eyes) elite TI coders
> like David Philips, Joe Pemberton, Dan Weiss, Brandon Sterner and of
> course Harper Maddox (James Matthews anyone?) for staying on the list
> even tough there are times when you'd gladly unsubscribe.
>
> Notice: I am not a ticalc moderator, nor am I god. I just want to keep
> the list readable for both myself and the general public. I am not
> attacking individuals or individual messages.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Frank Schoep
>
>



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