On Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:55:44 UTC+9:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/20/2014 11:36 AM, Everything You Need To Know wrote: > > > Neat little exercise, surprisingly cool results! > > > less than 3 minutes! > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDjl5JK0eU&feature=youtu.be > > > > Dear EYNToK (Adam Nowak?, the name on the video?): I am both a long-term > > participant in this group and currently one of the behind-the-scenes > > moderators. Here are the mistakes you made. > > > > 0. You posted from Google Groups. > > 0a. GG is the source of at least half the spam targeted at python-list, > > including the stuff that gets caught and discarded by me or another > > moderator. Google gives the appearance of being indifferent to being > > spam source #1. Or maybe they see it as a mark of success somehow. > > 0b. By default, GG does not follow normal and reasonable protocols. > > Google is obviously indifferent to that. At one time in the past, Google > > would have been cut off from usenet groups for GG's behavior. Now Google > > is too big and powerful and hence arrogant. > > 0c. Some posters, when requested, change the defaults as requested and > > instructed. Some do not, thereby asking to be ignored. > > > > 1. A pseudonym, but not just a pseudonym, but one that could be > > interpreted as intentionally obnoxious and 'in our faces', such as used > > by trolls. I realize that as a newcomer, you don't know the history, > > but it affects people who have been around awhile. > > > > 2. Slightly deceptive subject line, to your detriment. The video is > > about simulating indefinite precision long division with python. This is > > a quite legitimate beginner exercise. The 1/998001 example is just an > > illustration of the value of being able to get more than 18 decimal digits. > > > > 3. The form of your post! It screams 'I am spam!' Judgment in 3 seconds! > > > > In sum, if this post had been presented to me by the spam filter for > > action, and I had acted without viewing the video, especially late at > > night when tired, I might have deleted it. > > > > Having watched the video, I now know that would have been a mistake. As > > Steven said, properly formatted occasional announcements of free > > python-related resources are on-topic. (If we got multiple such > > announcements every day, we might change the rules.) I agree with the > > rest of his excellent post. > > > > -- > > Terry Jan Reedy
Well said -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
