[PSF-Community] STOP THE INTRODUCTIONS

[Manoranjan Padhy]

+1 for Jacqueline.

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Manoranjan Padhy

On Tue 22 Sep, 2015 07:11 Jacqueline Kazil <jackiekazil at gmail.com> wrote:

> Introductions allow for folks who are new to the community to understand
> who is lurking and allows for folks who have been a part of the community
> for awhile to see who is joining.
>
> If I was new to the community, and I posted an introduction and received a
> harsh email that discouraged me -- I might never come back or want to
> participate.
>
> Instead of going back and forth on this practice -- what if we started a
> thread called 'Introductions' or something like that?
> - Folks who want to read it can keep it coming in.
> - Folks who don't want to read it can filter that one thread (or threads).
>
> Yes? No?
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Alan Fitzgerald <alanfitzgerald at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Totally agree, please stop. Moments ago I was looking for the
>> unsubscribe...holding off now hoping the spam stops.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:18 PM, joshua at tellander.net <
>> joshua at tellander.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> While you all are wonderful people, there are too many of us to offer
>>> introductions. Stop introducing yourselves. Most of us don't appreciate the
>>> emails. Please keep the replies relating to python; not who you are. If we
>>> were a team of 20 people introductions would be great, but we are all over
>>> the world and introductions are pointless. Nobody is going to remember you;
>>> I'm being honest and not rude.
>>>
>>> If you feel the need to introduce yourself to a group spanning the globe
>>> have a nice chamomile tea, maybe a GABA pill, get some sleep, and then say
>>> hi to your mom and tell her how you are a member of this awesome python
>>> group; then don't tell us who you are.
>>>
>>> When you have a python problem to solve, or a *python* question, say
>>> hi, state your name, then focus on the python details.
>>>
>>> We all like you, we don't like the spam.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Joshua
>>> Madison, WI
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 5:48 PM -0700, "Chew Chee Ming" <
>>> cheeming at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am Chee Ming and I hail from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Been using Python
>>> for quite a few years, building web apps and APIs powering mobile apps. I
>>> love how Python works, and never looked back. And vim for life!
>>>
>>> We have a small Python community in Malaysia, but enough to do a "mini"
>>> PyCon recently (http://www.pycon.my/).
>>> Great to read about others around the world.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chee Ming
>>> http://infinite-code.com/
>>>
>>>
>>
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