Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.025 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; '(especially': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'url:psf': 0.12; 'suggest': 0.14; 'finney': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'discussion': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'feb': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; "haven't": 0.24; 'post': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; '13,': 0.31; 'away.': 0.31; 'larry': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'community': 0.33; 'standards': 0.33; 'trouble': 0.34; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'conduct': 0.36; 'received:com.au': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'ben': 0.38; 'others.': 0.38; 'whatever': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'you.': 0.62; 'save': 0.62; 'personal': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'skip:\xe2 10': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'goal': 0.75; 'received:125': 0.84; 'standing': 0.84; '8bit%:33': 0.91; 'giants': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Community standards of behaviour (was: Newcomer Help) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:05:09 +1100 References: <8355e670-5d3e-4ce1-8db1-64264a173cda@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: vmx15867.hosting24.com.au X-Public-Key-ID: 0xBD41714B X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 9CFE 12B0 791A 4267 887F 520C B7AC 2E51 BD41 714B X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MHF2G7W9Cj8MfKq1yLF8z82dKWk= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1392311127 news.xs4all.nl 2854 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45820 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:66192 Larry Martell writes: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: […] > > I suggest > > 1. You focus on your goal -- learning python or whatever is the larger > > personal goal of which learning python is a part > > 2. A bullet-proof vest > > This reminds me of post that was circulating in the early 90's: > > Welcome to the Internet. > > No one here likes you. […] > We don't like you. We don't want you here. We never will. Save us all > the trouble and go away. That may be true of some parts of the internet. But this is the Python community discussion forum. We have a much more pleasant code of conduct . We require each other to be open, considerate, and respectful. Please don't perpetuate awful behaviour (especially by the risible euphemism “meritocracy”) here by appealing to the poor standards of others. -- \ “If I haven't seen as far as others, it is because giants were | `\ standing on my shoulders.” —Hal Abelson | _o__) | Ben Finney