On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote: > http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
You've posted this link a few times now, Shawn, but I'd rather you didn't make a habit of doing so. While ESR's point is valid, and many people would benefit from following the spirit of his advice, ESR's tone in that document (and many other documents) isn't helpful. I don't care how wonderful "hackers" are -- they don't get special permission to treat other people like crap. Using phrases like "you are one of the idiots we are talking about" and "lazy sponge" isn't productive in any situation, and especially when you're trying to foster a community spirit. Writing about how hackers are just trying to "protect their communications channels from being drowned in irrelevance" completely ignores the fact the person asking the question probably doesn't think their question is irrelevant. If you must post a link to a 'howto' guide, might I suggest that [1] is a much better document. It addresses bug reports rather than questions specifically, but at the very least, the tone is a lot better. [1] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html Yours Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
