Few bits about netiquette (was: Drawing an arc)

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 04:02:05PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 07:14:50PM +0200, Daniel wrote:

> What our netiquette indeed does not cover is kindness and I find
> it impossible to impose it from outside. What can we do as a
> community is to decide that we might not want to scare user
> newbies -- if you the only thing you have to say is RTFM, just
> leave the thread and move to another one. 
> 
> I must confess though that in cases where someone is repeatedly
> outsourcing his effort to *at least try* to find some solution on
> his own, the RTFM might be approprite input... In my view of course,
> but if there is some community sense that we should try to declare
> some positive approach in the netiquette, we are free to discuss it
> on this list and set our boundaries :)

How about a maximum of one use of "RTM" per year? Use it wisely.

I would be in favor of a policy that encourages respectful, and
informative, replies. That said, I don't volunteer to lead the effort.

Scott
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