Re: st: Anger management on the statalist

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

As Ronnie explained very well, every now and again there is an outburst 
on the list.  On the whole though, we have been able to maintain a high 
level of civility, and we should congratulate ourselves for this, 
especially as our tenth anniversary is fast approaching; which is not to 
say that we should not follow Neil's advice.  Problem is, I suspect, 
that some of these problems arise because some of us don't want to read!

I hope we can put the latest outbreak to rest.  I hope too that we will 
all get together in Boston next month to celebrate our anniversary at 
the NASUG.

m.p.



 Neil Shephard wrote:


> In light of the discussion that occurred overnight (for me at least) I thought the following 
> web-page might be useful, and could possibly be included in the Statalist FAQ (if the 
> maintainer feels it appropriate :-).
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> It offers very general advice, and I would say that the guidelines offered here are a lot 
> harsher than the friendly environment of Statalist, but I thought it was something that 
> might be of use.
>
> Regrads
>
> Neil
>
> Neil Shephard
> Genetics Statistician
> ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
> neil.shephard@man.ac.uk
> neil.shephard@mindless.com
>
> "If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment" - 
> Ernest Rutherford
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