[NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG Discuss Guidelines

[MadHat]

OK, I am working on the list of guidlines/charter.  It is hacked from
other LUGs and ideas already discussed here.  If you have anhthing you
think should be added, please send it to me off list.

(I did receive permission to use the parts I didn't write myself:~)


NTLUG suggests the following netiquette guidelines for DISCUSS:

* Keep messages on-topic: subjects about Linux or likely to be of
interest to Linux users. 

* Don't send "me too" messages. One-line replies of agreement are
wasteful. But feel free to respond if you have more to say than simple
agreement. 

* Do not send or attach entire documents to the list. Send a URL (web
address) where interested readers can find it. 

* Remove quoted material from messages you reply to, except for relevant
parts necessary to establish context for your reply. 

* Do not quote more lines of a message than you actually add in your
reply. 

* Keep your e-mail signature short - 5 lines or fewer. This includes the
-- separator line, allowing for up to four lines of content. 

* Be polite 

* No job postings on this list. 

* "Praise in public; criticize in private." Some disagreements are
inevitable but take flames off-line from the list. If you must correct
factual errors on the list, be polite and correct just the facts. Don't
attack the author - be careful about uses of "you" and "your" in such
replies, since they make the response personal. 

* Consider whether your message is really worth sending to hundreds of
people. If it is, don't hesitate. 

* Think twice before cross-posting messages. 

* Do not BCC anything to the lists - many people have mail filters which
put messages in the list's own mailbox, based on the address on the
message. Failure to put the list address in the message headers will
mess up the mail filing for a lot of poeple. 

* NO SPAM.  Do not try to advertise your business.  If your site has
some good resources, feel free to give links to your site (as long as it
is Linux related).

* Nothing that would be concidered illegal.  This should go without
saying.


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# aka Lee Heath, but don't tell anyone.