El 9 feb 2020, a las 21:01, Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com> escribi��:

> This list is for people to *ask* questions about Pharo. Not to diffuse any kind of propaganda (pharo related or not).

This list is not just for asking questions. There are plenty of [ANN] posts advertising new libraries
and blogs articles. Following completion of the competition, the MIT licensed code repository will be announced here.
Hopefully it may provide an engaging exercise for Pharo teachers to their with their students.

I know, and I don��t mind announcements from time to time.

But announcements are generally marked with [ANN], and are kind of self explanatory.

The mail Richard sent is, and I��m sorry to be harsh, spam.

> I have the feeling this list has been lately flooded with such off-topic messages.

Unfortunately the original post was quite bare and failed to show how it was Pharo-topical.
So I can understand how it triggered you. I hope the additional background info provided here alleviates some of your concern about it.

Maybe. Maybe Richard could work his emails a bit more?

I��ll quote his original email:

> El 8 feb 2020, a las 19:12, Richard Kenneth Eng <horrido.hobbies@gmail.com> escribi��:
>
> Round 1 �� #1 Leading Team: https://youtu.be/QWHeN5WXfBQ
>
> I'm actually quite amazed by their effort. They surpassed my expectations.
>
> At the risk of sounding immodest, I think this is a terrific way to promote Smalltalk (Pharo). I think the video is an absolute blast.
>
> Richard

I particularly, who hasn��t followed the competition, am completely lost with this email.

With the risk of sounding harsh, again, but trying to give some feedback Richard can work on:

- The subject does not imply it is an announcement, nor what the results are related to or how they got there

- For those that are not following this competition: what is this round 1? Are there many of them? What is this about? are there many teams?

- There is no single link to the competition website, what this is about, whoever contributed to it...

- Clicking on the link gives a video with a title that is as ambiguous as this email :(

- I check the description of the video: what is there in the video? not clear. How will it appear in a youtube search in the future?

At least it seems there are links to the website...

Yet, Really? do I have to watch the video before I can know if this is interesting for me or not? :P

Happily these points could be addressed in the future.

So with this additional perspective, may one post a week be allowed to share the progress of the competition?