[NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG Discuss Guidelines

[Lance Jones]

You can go ahead and remove me from this list, although I have been on it
several years and have received some useful info, I see it as going down in
flames, and if you moderate the leaders mail list as well, then go ahead and
remove me from that one also.

Lance L. Jones
lljones at kickinit.net

MadHat wrote:

> 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 * Do not quote more lines of a message than you actually add in your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.
>
> -
> %_=split';','2e;hac;40;not;64;ju;66; Perl ;68;st a;6f;ker;75;her';
> print map $_{unpack "H2",$_}, split //,
> 'madhat at unspecific.com'
> # aka Lee Heath, but don't tell anyone.
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss