- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:19:20 -0400
- To: "Ray Davis" <rdavis@masschaos.de.convex.com>
- Cc: rm <infinety@saturn.net>, www-html@w3.org
At 07:43 PM 4/19/96 +0200, Ray Davis wrote: >> I would like to encourage all members of this mailing list cut out the >> following text, keep it, and email it (privately) to people who ask >> questions about JavaScript, graphics formats, etc.: >> >> "This is the public mailing list for TECHNICAL DISCUSSION among those >> interested in enhancing the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or building >> systems that support HTML. It is explicitly intended for the >> collaborative design of new systems, software, protocols, and documentation >> which may be useful to the HTML developer community." > >Cool, but why not add something useful like some pointers to >where the person *should* be asking this question? If you want to be friendly and helpful, be friendly and helpful. If you want to be nasty, be nasty. As long as you do either in _private_ email, nobody else will know or care. I only sent public email this time because I spent a while looking up that quote and thought that if everyone kept it close at hand we can make this mailing list more useful. Paul Prescod
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