[Tutor] writing function changeColor

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 05:37:17PM -0400, Aditi Pai wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Do you know how to take your post off the discussion board? 

Do you mean taking a previous post off the discussion list? You can't. 
Once a post has been made, you can't delete it. It is public knowledge, 
archived on a dozen different websites and hundreds of people's email 
inboxes.

If you mean how to take the discussion off-list and make it private, 
that's easy. Instead of replying to the tutor mailing list, email the 
person you want to talk to directly. Don't forget to take tutor out of 
the CC list.

BUT think VERY hard before doing this. Normally you should keep as much 
of the discussion on-list as possible, for three reasons:

1) We're not doing this just to help *you* personally, but to help the 
many other beginners who are reading but not saying anything. If you 
take the discussion off-list, they will be cut out of the discussion and 
can't learn from your questions or our answers.

2) Often one person will make a comment, and you reply with a question, 
but that person is away from the computer for hours or days or even 
permanently. Or they are too busy to answer, or the question bores them 
and they can't be bothered to answer. If the question is asked on-list, 
somebody else can answer in their stead. If you ask privately, you may 
never get a response.

3) None of us are perfect. I've been programming in Python for well over 
a decade, and I still learn things here occasionally, or make mistakes. 
If the questions remain public, we can *all* learn from each other.


Of course, if you want to say something private or personal, you should 
write privately.



-- 
Steven