On 07/11/2007, GDonato gdonato@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
I do seem to remember having a good, sensible conversation with Flameviper on IRC once but he was not a model user by any means. There was some name-calling and/or incivility as I remember and it took some time in order to get the thing on-topic but once we were there, the rest of the conversation went well. Unfortunately, but understandably, not all people are willing to spend this time when there are people who are possibly easier to interact with also needing help. If Flameviper wishes to become a more respected user, he should ensure that he is courteous and respects others as much as possible.
There are querulous people on IRC who don't understand how querulous they are and won't go away. A Pavolvian policy (tolerate until they're being actively a pain in the backside or do specific annoying things) can keep things down to a slow simmer IME.
- d.