Hey folks-- I know we've had a lot of issues lately with folks
misinterpreting the posting guidelines. So I've pasted the current
guidelines into a page, and I'm hoping to see what you folks can come
up with. (Maybe we should completely redo the format and turn it into
a strict list of Dos/Donts, for example).
Thanks!
> I am a new joinee to this group and am realy disappointed with the
> response for my posts
That's a fair enough expression of your feelings, but perhaps you
could really help improve the posting guidelines a bit for yourself
and for others...
Did you not find the existing posting guidelines, or were they not
clear about how they might apply to the problem you had/have?
Did the posting guideline mislead you about how speedy, accurate or
complete the responses might be? Should there be something in the
guidelines to warn you about whatever disappointed you? Was there
something in the guidelines that could have helped avoid
disappointment if it were highlighted to you?
Is there anything specific that you should be added to the guidelines
to help new group users? Or to modify their expectations?
On Aug 27, 4:49 pm, Abe J Dawson <jeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pamela,
> I am a new joinee to this group and am realy disappointed with the
> response for my posts
- You only made your first post to this group 7 hours ago, and you
posted twice on the same issue.
- You cross posted to 2 groups.
- You asked people to write code for you.
- You asked a basic javascript question that does not belong in this
forum.
- you posted a long code dump and no link to your map.
- You call people "friends" even though you never been here before.
And you complain about the responses?
This forum is for programmers. If you cannot read and understand the
posting guidelines I suggest you hire someone who can.
That's fine. I checked out the page and noticed formatting has been added. Should we keep the posting guidelines a wiki, to take advantage of the fact that it can be formatted? I can link to it in a sticky post.
> Hey folks-- I know we've had a lot of issues lately with folks
> misinterpreting the posting guidelines. So I've pasted the current
> guidelines into a page, and I'm hoping to see what you folks can come
> up with. (Maybe we should completely redo the format and turn it into
> a strict list of Dos/Donts, for example).
> Thanks!
> How about making the posting guidelines a little less avoidable ...
> when somebody
> signs up for a group it should be on the first message.
> and perhaps in the footer of the posts.
> On Aug 26, 11:52 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <pamela....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hey folks-- I know we've had a lot of issues lately with folks
> > misinterpreting the posting guidelines. So I've pasted the current
> > guidelines into a page, and I'm hoping to see what you folks can come
> > up with. (Maybe we should completely redo the format and turn it into
> > a strict list of Dos/Donts, for example).
> > Thanks!
I've asked for changes like that, but it requires a backend change in Groups, so it will take a while. We need to figure out the best approach given the current setup of Groups.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Ralph Ames <ralph.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>How about making the posting guidelines a little less avoidable ... >>when somebody >>signs up for a group it should be on the first message.
> Yes, good idea, and maybe also have a check box at the bottom that > affirms their agreement to the posting guidelines, before they can join the > Group.
On Aug 27, 8:27 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <pamela...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Should we keep the posting guidelines a wiki, to take advantage
> of the fact that it can be formatted?
Pamela,
The problem about keeping them as a wiki for too long is that some
"funny guy" could just click 'edit' and write "PLZ post a big fat code
dump, and no link to the top secret sites"
> I've asked for changes like that, but it requires a backend change in
> Groups, so it will take a while.
> We need to figure out the best approach given the current setup of Groups.
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Ralph Ames <ralph.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>How about making the posting guidelines a little less avoidable ...
> >>when somebody
> >>signs up for a group it should be on the first message.
> > Yes, good idea, and maybe also have a check box at the bottom that
> > affirms their agreement to the posting guidelines, before they can join the
> > Group.
I can set it to managers only editable once it's at a reasonable state. That would give permission to me and the current spam moderators (Andrew, Barry, John) to tinker with.
> I can set it to managers only editable once it's at a reasonable
> state. That would give permission to me and the current spam
> moderators (Andrew, Barry, John) to tinker with.
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:10 PM, marcelo <marcelo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Aug 27, 8:02 pm, Garthan <lance...@inetnebr.com> wrote:
> >> Hey if you are running from the mob... who will man the artillery....
> >> dang it.
> > Hehe. I like that!
> > I'll try to run in a circle and get back to where I started from. ;-)
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Grok Lobster <DiscGolfM...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about changing the font color/style (red and bold) for that > sticky?
> On Aug 27, 12:43 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <pamela...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I can set it to managers only editable once it's at a reasonable >> state. That would give permission to me and the current spam >> moderators (Andrew, Barry, John) to tinker with.
>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:10 PM, marcelo <marcelo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Aug 27, 8:02 pm, Garthan <lance...@inetnebr.com> wrote: >> >> Hey if you are running from the mob... who will man the artillery.... >> >> dang it.
>> > Hehe. I like that! >> > I'll try to run in a circle and get back to where I started from. ;-)
> On Aug 27, 4:49 pm, Abe J Dawson <jeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Pamela,
> > I am a new joinee to this group and am realy disappointed with the
> > response for my posts
> - You only made your first post to this group 7 hours ago, and you
> posted twice on the same issue.
> - You cross posted to 2 groups.
> - You asked people to write code for you.
> - You asked a basic javascript question that does not belong in this
> forum.
> - you posted a long code dump and no link to your map.
> - You call people "friends" even though you never been here before.
> And you complain about the responses?
> This forum is for programmers. If you cannot read and understand the
> posting guidelines I suggest you hire someone who can.
I dint ask anyone to write code for me....Since am a Programmer
in .NET Platform, I dont need to hire anyone...Mind your words once
again...If anyone does'nt know answer for my question, just you shut
up..Thats it...
Jai Hind!!!
Abe
On Aug 29, 5:33 pm, marcelo <marcelo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2:19 pm, Abe J Dawson <jeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Marcelo
> > I could call people as Friends...Mind your words what you have replied
> > for me...Thats my rights to call people as Friends or Folks or
> > Chaps....
> Yes, you can. And you can also double post, cross post, post a code
> dump, post no link, etc. All of which you have done.
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