From: Rudolf Polzer Date: 2003-07-05T03:19:26+09:00 Subject: Re: Evangelism & List Culture [was Re: OT: It's that time of yearagain ...] Scripsit ille �Robert Klemme� : > "Aredridel" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1057261054.2512.13.camel@mizar... > > I'd > > like ruby-talk's culture to stay similar to how it is as Ruby grows -- > > That would be nice, yes. > > > I > > think that's something people should keep in mind in their evangelism: > > how can we help keep or create a culture of friendly helping? How do we > > deal with the inevitable always-asked questions without becoming angry > > like so many PHP forums do? > > Practice buddhism. If not, at least forget the phrases RTFM and RTFFAQ as well as anything else with a big f*^W F in it. One could always... - Answer the question by a link to the FAQ at the right point, together with some friendly sentence. Perhaps... Your question is answered here: http://... If you have further questions, feel free to ask. - Silently ignore too-often-asked questions and NOT getting rude. It's still much better than flaming. - Read the "netiquette". Flames are not necessary. Never. Sometimes they may be "fun", but not in a technical newsgroup. A good "bad example" is de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc (German group, there's a LOT of flaming in there) and de.comp.security.misc (same problem). -- Wir haben sehr lange und intensiv dar�ber nachgedacht und gesprochen, was diese Worte bedeuten m�gen: "Und half mir auch nicht du". Das scheint auf dem ersten Blick keinen Sinn zu machen - und in der Tat, es macht auch keinen Sinn. -- Wise Guys