On Tuesday 19 Apr 2011 18:00:05 Peter Scott wrote: > I remember when Casey West and Kevin Meltzer started this list. Casey > was very specific on-line and in person about it being a place where > newcomers could ask questions without being flamed. The FAQ bears this > > out: > : 2.1 - What is the list for? > : > : A list for beginning Perl programmers to ask questions in a friendly > : atmosphere. > > That is also the complete description of this group at http:// > lists.perl.org/list/beginners.html. > > The FAQ goes on: > : 2.3 - Are there any rules? > : > : Yes. As with most communities, there are rules. Not many, and ones that > : shouldn't need to be mentioned, but they are. > : > : * Be nice > : * No flaming > : * Have fun > : > :[...] > : > : * If you think what you are writing may be taken in a way you didn't > : intend, please add a smiley :-) Many flame wars are stopped by a simple > : smiley! > : * No flames. If your fingers are burning as you are typing the email, it > : > : would likely be best not to send it. > > If anything is clear from that FAQ it is that the intention is to avoid > flames on this list. Casey and Kevin appear to have stopped monitoring > this group some time ago, though. > > There is no shortage of lists, groups, or forums where people can get > flamed for not following the rules, and people who want to flame them > have an outlet for doing so. I've already stopped reading most of them > because it's not worth my time when most of the content is arguments > about conduct. I don't know whether communities inevitably fall into > that mode after a while but this one at least had a good run and I'll be > sorry if I end up leaving it too. > > Andy Lester had a good article about this: http://perlbuzz.com/2010/11/ > think-for-perls-sake.html. But judging from the responses it seems he > and I may be in a minority.
Just for the record, here is the full and non-broken URL: http://perlbuzz.com/2010/11/think-for-perls-sake.html Other links of interest are my own (and related links): * http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/perl-newcomers/ * http://shlomif-tech.livejournal.com/34831.html Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ "The Human Hacking Field Guide" - http://shlom.in/hhfg Chuck Norris once wrote a 10 million lines C++ program in Microsoft Notepad without having to use the backspace key. And it compiled without errors or warnings, and was 100% bug-free. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
