Few bits about netiquette (was: Drawing an arc)

[Lorenzo Bertini]

Il 20/10/22 08:29, Steve Litt ha scritto:
> On Wed, 2022-10-19 at 11:26 -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> 
> 
>> How about a maximum of one use of "RTM" per year? Use it wisely.
> 
> This is impractical, because there are so many people who ask questions without one
> minute's research.
> 
>>
>> I would be in favor of a policy that encourages respectful, and
>> informative, replies.
> 
> The preceding sentence sounds great in theory, but in practice how do you enforce it
> non-selectively. What about the guy who keeps getting in little digs until the
> target gives it to him full force? There are people who specialize in staying just
> within the margins, continuously poking at their target, and then chuckle when the
> target is declared to have infringed the rules.
> 
> You know, the LyX project should have a prominent and obvious document stating the
> following:
> 
> * Be nice, pleasant and helpful
> 
> * Interleave post
> 
> * Trim all irrelevant quoted context
> 
> * Before emailing:
> 
> 	* Do at least 15 minutes research
> 	* Try to make a Minimum Working Example
> 
> Naturally, the whole concept of a MWE and instructions how to make one should also
> be explained, probably as a link to "Try to make a Minimum Working Example". You
> might even add that about 2/3 of the problems get solved without help if the person
> makes a real MWE.
> 
> Also, interleave posting and context trimming should be explained.
> 
> 
> SteveT

My two unrequested cents. This is a 15 mail chain where:

1. Poster is nice, gives MWE and image with result.
2. An equally nice person gives a meaningful answer linking a library 
and even providing an example. This could have stopped here.
3. One person complains and spawns a 12 mail conversation about the 
legitimacy of the question, ultimately pondering Lyx's netiquette.

For me personally, in a list usually so polite and spam free...

Things I'd rather do:
  - sometimes spend a little time answering off-topic questions (for me 
it usually is about CSS)

Things I'd rather not do:
  - be pedantic about rules

In the time I write a complaint I can usually write an answer, or even 
faster, ignore the mail. Just sayin'

-- 
Lorenzo