On 28/01/11 19:02, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4d42f987.9050...@gmail.com>, elbbit wrote: >>> Yes, *STEALING*. When you 'hijack' the resources the mailing-list > owner/ >>> operator has provided _for_a_specific_purpose_, for somethin > *unrelated* >>> to that purpose, you _are_ stealing. >> >> I would like to invite the mail list administrator to participate in >> this discussion (if desired) and clarify for all whether this argument >> is "OK." If it is not "OK," I request some clarification. > > The mailing list administrators have already provided guidelines for the > list usage. They appear at <http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/>. Of > particular importance are two sections: Code of conduct > <http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct> and Debian mailing > list advertising policy <http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#ads> > > From the Coc: > "...off-topic messages [...] are not welcome." > "Do not send spam; see the advertising policy below." > "Make sure that you are using the proper list." > > The advertising policy defines "spam" as: "any kind of unsolicited bulk > email" > > The topic for debian-user@l.d.o can be found on > <http://lists.debian.org/users.html> and is listed as: "Help and > discussion among users of Debian". > > That's fairly broad. It can certainly be argued that you are within > that definition: I am a user of Debian, you and I are engaged in a > discussion, assuming you are also a user of Debian then your message was > near the beginning of a "discussion among users of Debian". > > Still, I did find your message off-topic based on my less broad (and a > bit subjective) topic that I've observed being used on the list.
Thank you Boyd. I am doing the best I can to bring the discussion back to the topic of surveys. Simon -- elbbit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d435392.5060...@gmail.com
