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  From: Shaun Branden <shaun@pcuse.com>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:24:42 +0930

Re: List Etiquette (Oh Please)

On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 01:36:58PM +0930, davidn@rebel.net.au wrote:
> 
> The world did not crumble in your absence, but the loss of people who
> know what they are doing might have more impact.
> 
I am fairly confident that people starting with linux do not know
everything about it. New users should be encouraged not abused.

> They were never Linux users.  They were idiots.  Why else would they turn
> away from enlightenment?  Err, the one that's not a window manager...
> 

Someone trying to unsubscribe the wrong way is not an idiot. They are
here looking for information, likely get turned away because of the
David* responses and then try to leave.

I would love to point new users to this list, but I cannot. The Linux
community is not helpful, it discourages new users.
> 
> Justin Hawkins <justin@internode.com.au> wrote:
> > The list has worked fine sans-moderators, sans-special mail filters
> > and sans-fascist charter for many years. There's a reason for that.
> 
> Hear, hear.  Very well said.

If I was one of the top 20 elite members of this list, I may well think
the same way. I have probably introduced more people to Linux than most
on this list, it is a shame that I must tell them not to post here, as
they will be abused.

Shaun Branden
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