Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Tim Golden Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Moderation and Usenet Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:16:53 +0100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <570A87D4.5010700@stoneleaf.us> <23bd7dda-caef-41b4-9724-bc42836d4c94@googlegroups.com> <570B3345.6090102@timgolden.me.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de TDl9LJT5AOGyvKJcnRlMEQQWD2PX8lk7AyOokiQIjZYA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.077 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.85; '*S*': 0.00; 'thread': 0.10; 'do,': 0.15; 'btw': 0.16; 'from:addr:timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'from:name:tim golden': 0.16; "individual's": 0.16; 'jumping': 0.16; 'message-id:@timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; "someone's": 0.16; 'tjg': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'thus': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'earlier': 0.27; 'cool': 0.27; 'then.': 0.27; 'behaviour': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; "we're": 0.30; 'becomes': 0.30; 'guess': 0.31; 'point': 0.33; 'members.': 0.34; 'so,': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'comment': 0.35; 'sometimes': 0.35; 'step': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'too': 0.36; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'someone': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'ever': 0.60; 'him': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.61; 'ago.': 0.61; 'discuss': 0.61; 'here.': 0.62; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'series': 0.65; 'benefit': 0.66; 'from:addr:mail': 0.70; 'overall': 0.72; 'attention': 0.76; 'mario': 0.84; 'wish.': 0.84; 'responses': 0.93 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.2 In-Reply-To: <23bd7dda-caef-41b4-9724-bc42836d4c94@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <570B3345.6090102@timgolden.me.uk> X-Mailman-Original-References: <570A87D4.5010700@stoneleaf.us> <23bd7dda-caef-41b4-9724-bc42836d4c94@googlegroups.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:106856 On 11/04/2016 04:32, Mario R. Osorio wrote: > hmmm...He made an extremely kind comment a couple of days ago. It > called my attention because is the first one ever (coming from) ... > Now I'm thinking he might have just been sarcastic. Give him the benefit of the doubt. > And BTW I myself have given a couple of sour responses every now and > then. I guess we all have our bad days or moments. It's just that > Mark's are much too often. > I'm not going to discuss any individual's behaviour here. But to reiterate what I said either earlier in this thread or elsewhere: we're not interested in jumping down someone's throat because they lost their cool for a moment. Or because they once said something in a way which someone else considered too forceful. We're more concerned with the overall effect a series of postings has on other list/newsgroup members. If the list/newsgroup becomes an unpleasant or uncomfortable place because one person is aggressive or rude often enough, then we need to step in. Of course, other members of the list/community are free to do so, as they sometimes do, and point out to a poster where something was unnecessarily blunt or even outright offensive. Thus giving that person the opportunity to retract or apologise if they wish. TJG