Re: Mailing list guidelines, was: Major gaps of Open Office Impress versus Microsoft Power Point

-------- Original Message  --------
From: M. Fioretti <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 00:55:34 +0200

> On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 08:34:31 AM +1000, Dave Barton wrote:
> 
>> Robert... You are not a list moderator and have no authority to
>> appoint yourself as "the list police".  Maybe you are aware of the
>> mailing list recommendation, not to fill the archives with worthless
>> exchanges such as this. Therefore, I suggest any further
>> communication on this subject be taken off-list.
> 
> Dave, and Fernando,
> 
> the official guidelines of THIS mailing list
> (HTTP://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html) explicitly say
> 
> "Mail to an e-mail list should only be sent PLAIN ASCII text format"
> 
> maybe it's a stupid rule by some nitpicker stuck in the 90's, but as
> long as THOSE are the official guidelines (*), it's you and Fernando
> that are filling the archives with worthless remarks, and should stop
> immediately and only complain off list with the
> moderator/listmaster/whoever.
> 
> Marco
> 
> (*) and that's the only reason why I'm posting this to the list.

Marco,

My long history with this and other OOo lists proves that I do not make
it a practice to engage in these kind of exchanges. By the same token, I
do have the right of reply to unjustified criticism on a public list.

The official list guidelines say "SHOULD only..." not "MUST only..."
There is a distinct difference between the meaning of the words should
and must. When we established that guideline we only ever intended it to
be just that "a guide line", not an unbreakable law.

Since we are quoting from the official guidelines:
"Preface:
	OpenOffice.org does not allow: Personal attacks (not
	criticising a position, but slamming or flaming the writer)
Participate but be polite
	Members are encouraged to participate in any mailing list as
	long as they honor Open Source principles of respect to other
	members and to the project at hand. Rudeness is not acceptable.
	Be polite.

I am puzzled why you claim that "it's you and Fernando that are filling
the archives with worthless remarks, and should stop immediately" and
then proceed to post to the list, instead of addressing your reprimand
to me off list.

Now can we please either let it go, or as stated in my last post, take
it off-list.

Dave

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