On Thursday, December 12, 2013 7:30:38 AM UTC+5:30, Roy Smith wrote: > In article Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > When did this forum become so intolerant of even the tiniest, most minor > > breaches of old-school tech etiquette? Have we really got nothing better > > to do than to go on the war path over such trivial issues? Out of five > > responses to the Original Poster's email, there was *one* helpful reply, > > followed by no fewer than four people playing "Stacks on the n00b" making > > the same comment about being unable to delete the message. I'm sure all > > four of you think you are ever such wits, but you're only half right. > I believe I started off the chain of responses you're referring to. I > meant it semi-humorously, but also with a point. It is clear it turned > out to be harmful, and for that I apologize. Sniping at someone -- especially a newcomer -- for a piece of technical irrelevantia is unfortunate. However your semi-humorous pointing out was good because it shows that all posting methods have their hiccups: html mail undesired and nonsensical footers reply/reply-all mixups repeated posts long and double-spaced lines others Ive missed Reminds me that sometime ago when GG was habitually double-posting, Steven started quadruple-posting, giving some of us a rare leg-pulling opportunity :D > I share your dismay at where this group is going, and feel bad that I > inadvertently moved it further in that direction. Unnecessary and uncalled for irascibility is of course a degradation. But (from my pov) a bunch of people -- especially so-called techies -- unable to distinguish the following 3 is a much bigger degradation. 1 Problems caused by conscious malefic intent 2 Kids/noobs/ignoramuses/immature just being themselves 3 Problems of communication technology Conflating 1,3 with 2 will drive many of them (2s) away which is a significant loss for the community -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
