From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Sep 5 18:59:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from smtp13.bellglobal.com (smtp13.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB9414D5E; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 18:59:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from localhost.nowhere (ppp18360.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.40]) by smtp13.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA24002; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:59:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.3/8.9.1) id VAA71588; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:57:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:57:27 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Nik Clayton Cc: David Stein , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, grog@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion - List IRC resources Message-ID: <19990905215727.A70327@mad> References: <000801bef639$4be944a0$6a3efea9@david> <19990904234744.A5172@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <19990904234744.A5172@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 11:47:44PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 11:47:44PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > > If you've got some appropriate text that you'd like to see added (along, > maybe, with links to useful places for someone who's likely to be new to Do not add any text on IRC. Not without permission of jkh, at least. :) This is something that was decided some time ago because too often (even with it unlisted), newbies get abused on IRC, or don't know what to expect. I believe jkh wrote a rather long convincing rant on this. The original reasons for not listing IRC are just as (or more) valid now as they were then. The existing FAQ entry (which billf already pointed out) is more than enough. Message-Id references (in threaded form, woo-hoo!! :): XFMail.981029005747.lh@aus.org (luk@aus.org, initial message) -> 3505.909648439@time.cdrom.com (statement by Jordan) xzp4spn6grj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no (listed by implicit request of des) Pine.BSF.4.05.9901190941490.352-100000@fireball.2000.com.au (initial message) -> 38548.916712153@zippy.cdrom.com (jkh gets started) -> Pine.BSF.4.05.9901191310350.7090-100000@fireball.2000.com.au -> 38685.916714148@zippy.cdrom.com (classic Jordan) -> Pine.BSF.4.05.9901182253210.28569-100000@shattered.disturbed.net -> 19990119165019.33506@welearn.com.au (Sue had so much potential as a flame artist, this is off-topic of IRC by now, though...) There have been other newbies who came running confused and dazed to the mailing-lists after getting knocked around a little in IRC. This one just had an ability to start threads that don't get forgotten quickly. :) url refs: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/doc/FAQ/Attic/preface.sgml (jkh's change to the IRC docs) -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message