Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list
Date	2021-09-03 02:40 +0200
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On Thu 02 Sep 2021 at 09:46:33 (+0000), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 08:12:06PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users,
> > > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. 
> > > 
> > > Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works:
> > > 
> > > * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing 
> > >   lists that are language-specific for example debian-user-french 
> > 
> > It might be good advertising to also mention other languages here, e.g 
> > go through the list of languages in alphabetic order, or something like 
> > that ;)
> 
> I'd be quite happy to do (poor) translations into French/Italian and Spanish
> for the respective user lists :)

Another thing to maintain.

> Many of the smaller lists have become 
> magnets for spam postings, unfortunately - and there's probably a case
> for asking the listmasters to discontinue them.

The advantages of the link I posted are:
. self-maintaining (by the linkmasters),
. as that page contains links to each other list's archives, users
  can form an instant judgement as to their usefulness by clicking
  on a recent month.

Cheers,
David.

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Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-01 14:40 +0200
  Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-01 19:20 +0200
    Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-01 19:30 +0200
      Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-01 19:40 +0200
      Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list Keith Bainbridge <keithrboz@gmail.com> - 2021-09-02 03:10 +0200
    Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list Keith Bainbridge <keithrboz@gmail.com> - 2021-09-02 02:30 +0200
    Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-02 11:50 +0200
      Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-03 02:40 +0200

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