Rules Title {Was List Rules}
James McKenzie
jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 26 19:27:51 UTC 2005
Ian P. Thomas wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 09:47 -0500, Hacksaw wrote:
>
>>Yes, but calling it "List Guidelines" makes ignoring it too tempting. Remember
>>that people are taught from a very early age that people will impose
>>strictures on them that appear to be arbitrary and burdensome. Some of the
>>time this is because the rules are, in fact, arbitrary and burdensome. They
>>are designed to keep you out. And then sometimes the rules are for a good
>>reason, and enforce the widest possible use of the thing they surround.
>>Witness the GPL.
>>
>>My suggested title is an attempt to address the knee-jerk reaction from those
>>who have had too many stupid rules imposed on them. Instead being a stricture,
>>they become an affordance, to use the design term.
>>
>>And what's a few extra words between colleagues, especially when it might help
>>make the burden lighter for some?
>>
>>How about "Get Your Question or Problem Read on fedora-list"?
>
>
> This is good. I suggest,
>
> "Effectively Eliciting a Useful Response To Your Question(s)"
>
>
How about "List Guidelines or the How to Get Help for Your Fedora Problem"?
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