| maetthew | I'm wondering a little bit about how often it's acceptable to repeat a question in for instance #ubuntu. I've read the IRC Guidelines which just states "don't do it every few minutes". It's kind of vague imo. Is it ok to post a question lets say every 15 minutes if there's been somewhat (few lines) activity in the channel? Or like if there's been atleast a screen in chatlog in my irc client between my repeats? | 14:15 |
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| lhavelund | maetthew: There isn't really a hard and fast rule around it -- the point of the guideline is to avoid the channel being flooded by repeat questions, but if it's relatively quiet, I'd say about a screen's worth of backlog is acceptable. Again, it would be reviewed on a case-by-case basis | 14:22 |
| lhavelund | Sorry if it's not a super useful response. | 14:23 |
| maetthew | lhavelund: Yeah I understand there isn't anything set in stone. I guess I was basically just looking for a more specific way to "view" it | 14:24 |
| maetthew | It was useful nontheless, thanks | 14:24 |
| lhavelund | You're welcome. | 14:24 |
| lhavelund | And consider yourself having asked on record, so if anyone kicks up a fuss, I'll be happy to look at it. ;) | 14:24 |
| maetthew | Hehe :) | 14:24 |
| CarlFK | I generally don't post a 2nd time to IRC. find a form or list to post to. | 14:25 |
| maetthew | Sure | 14:25 |
| CarlFK | form? forum, mail list, some other IRC channel | 14:25 |
| lhavelund | Chances are if you're not getting a response, that's likely going to yield better results. | 14:25 |
| CarlFK | bingo. | 14:25 |
| lhavelund | Looking at your question, I'd recommend ubuntuforums. | 14:26 |
| maetthew | CarlFK: That's a good advice. I usually ask on IRC and then post it on a forum if I don't get any response within some time (~1hr?). But you never know, maybe someone else is online on IRC by the time you created the post on a forum. | 14:26 |
| maetthew | lhavelund: Thanks. My question in here wasn't specifically regarding that question. I had been meaning to ask this question for a few days. But I think I'll create a forum post somewhere | 14:28 |
| lhavelund | Got it. | 14:28 |
| lhavelund | I like #ubuntu for "something is on fire and I need help now" -- forums/lists are frequently better for things that have numerous angles or possible answers. | 14:29 |
| maetthew | Gotcha | 14:32 |
| ikonia | if it's an interesting/non-standard question, you'll probably do well to post it a few times over the day | 15:37 |
| ikonia | as only specific people will either have the knowledge or interest | 15:37 |
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