Mailing lists/Strategy

The Haskell Cafe is the primary resource for Haskell community discussion.

Principles

A friendly, welcoming place for detailed discussion about Haskell. Examples of include:

* New user questions (and friendly answers)
* Advanced practical and theoretical discussions
* Announcements
* Planning and organization discussions

Previous positions

When posting on 'haskell-cafe', remember:

* Respect others. This is a civil discussion forum. Remember, the person on the other side of the keyboard is a person too, and is probably well-intentioned. 

* Try to keep discussions on-topic. Threads that have lost any relevance to the Haskell language should be moved elsewhere, including tangential or joking posts (though humor in the context of on-topic discussion is welcome.) 

* Think before sending. Avoid content-free posts, such as a message consisting merely of the phrase "+1." The etiquette for academic mailing list discussions is different from the etiquette for other Internet fora or for ordinary conversation. Remember that your posting will be sent to thousands of people, some of whom are very busy. Ask yourself whether your contribution adds anything of value to any of them. 

Management

To ensure the general strategy is adhered to, and that the medium remains useful, threads may at times be filtered, to prevent things spinning out of control

*Todo, explain how this decisions is reached

See also

* IRC channel guiding principles
* Mailing list tone