From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-06-15T05:57:15+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-forum.com


On Jun 14, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Pistos Christou wrote:

> It's difficult not to notice that sometimes posts from ruby-forum.com
> inflame the ire of ruby-talk-only persons.
>
> I'd be interested in seeing a document drafted detailing etiquette or
> standards to which all ruby-talk-bound messages (whether MUA- 
> originated
> or ruby-forum.com-originated, or even comp.lang.ruby-originated)  
> are to
> conform.

here are some rules of thumb. i'm sure others could add more.

- make your posts count. lots of people are going to see them.
- do not post fluff
- do not post "bump"
- do not post a question before you google and look at some docs
- quote correctly
- don't top post
- take the list seriously. we care about signal to noise ratio here.
- try not to ask questions answered in the Pickaxe index or table of  
contents

if you want to talk before you think, maybe the irc room is a better  
place. but the questions there are actually better thought out than a  
lot of ruby-forum posts.

that said, i don't see that a document will help. as John Gabriele  
said, the problematic posters won't read it.

-- Elliot Temple
http://www.curi.us/blog/