discuss: Review needed of 'Encourage Women in Linux' HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Review needed of 'Encourage Women in Linux' HOWTO
From:
Colin Watson ####@####.####
Date:
10 Dec 2003 02:32:35 -0000
Message-Id: <20031210023229.GC23677@riva.ucam.org>
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:18:56PM -0700, Val Henson wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 08:50:17PM -0700, s. keeling wrote:
> > [Please, hit a carriage return from time to time. Thanks.]
>
> You might consider delivering netiquette reminders privately. That
> would be more polite, which would encourage all sorts of people to
> stay interested in Linux. If this public chastisement embarrasses
> you, then good, now you know how Jutta felt.
I think that's a moot point, personally. I prefer to deliver them
publicly *but* in conjunction with a reply containing real content. The
reason for this is that a public reply means that other people will be
less likely to send the same reply privately, and I feel that receiving
a hundred private replies would be far more embarrassing than a single
public reply.
Perhaps my point of view is unusual, I don't know; but I don't think
that a public reply on netiquette is ipso facto impolite.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson ####@####.####
