[wellylug] Important: Rule Breaking Process

[jon at jon.geek.nz]

Brent wrote:
>What we have is a free (effective reliable & well supported) listerver for
>wellylug. Apart from requirements for common courtesy, the only rule is that no
>advertising is posted, so the list doesn't degenerate into yet another
>buy/sell/swap/give list. We have wlug_trade for this purpose.
>
>If anyone is not happy with this restriction, don't just annoy everyone else
>with your petty intolerance.
>
>Over the years we have (mostly :-) been pretty comfortable with the
>restriction, and have appreciated the list provider, who we should be thanking
>for the service, not annoying to the point he says no more.
>
>What really spoils the atmosphere here are boorish, ignorant & arrogant posts
>from people who are not happy with a spirit of cooperation, but prefer to abuse
>the services donated by others who actively contribute to Wellylug. It's not as
>if the rules are onerous or plentiful.
>
>I agree with Andrej, if you don't like the rule(s) in this house, go live
>somewhere else.

I appear to have been misunderstood.

Please understand that I object to advertising as well, and that isn't
what I'm driving at.

What annoys me is people making a fuss and inventing cheesy rules to deal
with some poor sod accused of advertising when he quite clearly wasn't.
What is at fault is the DEFINITION of advertising.

If so-called "advertising" includes offering dibs on gear to your
mates, or flagging a Linux job you might know about in town, fine - just
define it somewhere. A simple "no advertising" is not clear and
concise enough, because until recently I took that to mean commercial
gain.

J