Re: Do we need a way to moderate mailing lists?

On Sat, 2021-01-16 at 18:22 +1100, Tim Cross wrote:
> Hemil Ruparel <hemilruparel2002(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Exactly my point. We need to raise the bar of the behavior we tolerate.
> > This should not be tolerated. We need to set an example. The person in
> > question clearly understood english and I have never seen a person who
> > could use mailing lists but not google. So that's out of the question.
> > We are not free consultants. And you are not entitled to shit. You are
> > probably being paid to work on that project. We are not. Your problem. Fix
> > it yourself. Or at least have to courtesy to google it.
>
> While I can understand your frustration, I disagree with your position.
>
> It is too subjective and difficult to apply/adopt such a strong position
> and could too easily backfire, resulting in a perception of an elitist,
> unwelcoming and unfriendly community.
>
> Banning should be reserved for the most serious and abusive cases.

+1

I personally find Hemil's attitude and his persistent refusal to
bottom-post more disruptive than the original question.

pgsql-general should remain a low-threshold forum where nothing about
PostgreSQL is off-topic.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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