Rules for the mailing list

[Aaron Powell]

So it seems that we've been going strong here on this mailing list and it was time that a few do's and don'ts were listed out for everyone's benefit. It's nothing too crazy mostly just common sense but it's worthwhile having it out somewhere to point people at.

Do’s:

• Discuss how Umbraco is structured (what projects exist, their purposes, etc)
  
• Discuss the code (why did you do it that way, I think I see a bug in the code, etc)
• Discuss why a feature exists
• Discuss design decisions (why isn’t that extensible, why is that extensible, why isn’t that method public)
• Search the list first to ensure you're not starting a duplicate thread
• If a discussion spawns a new idea spawn a new thread so that the topic doesn't get muddled

Don’t (this will see a thread locked):

• Ask about a problem implementing Umbraco, that’s what our.umbraco is for
• Raise bugs, use issues.umbraco
• Raise feature requests, use issues.umbraco
• Start off-topic discussions not related to Umbraco
• Perform marketing/ self-promotion

Really don’t (this will see you banned):

• Spam
• Abuse, flame or insult other members
• Continuously violate the "don'ts"
• Be generally disruptive