[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Voting has closed. We have a winner! [WAS: Wastebasket/Deleted Items]

[Ed Hargin]

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William Anderson wrote:
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>> This is a warning that I am currently drafting a list of rules for this 
>> mailing list, one of which will be to bottom-post wherever possible. The only 
>> case where top-posting would make sense is for the sake of consistency with 
>> the quoted material, as I am doing here. Ideally, this should not happen at 
>> all.
> 
> Can I suggest this list not be burdened by warnings and bureaucracy?  I
> don't think we need rules and regulations to run a mailing list.  I don't
> like top posting, but I can tolerate it to a certain extent.  We're all
> (well, I think mostly!) grown-ups, and we can govern our behaviour without
> resorting to schoolmaster and pupil relationships.
> 
> Can I also suggest we get back to discussing l10n issues?  I know I've
> commented on netiquette in the past, but it only needs one mention and
> really doesn't need to be formally regulated, just an occasional lart for
> egregious offenders.
> 

The minor flaw with that view is that whenever someone new joins the
list, they do not know the unofficial rules, and will not find out them
unless they are told, and thus they are liable to being those most
egregious offenders purely through ignorance.  However, I also feel that
we have diverted enough attention away from the purpose of the list.
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