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- From: dlin@weber.ucsd.edu (Diane Lin)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Rewriting Etiquette Guidelines--Please Read
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 23:01:04 GMT
- Organization: University of California, San Diego
- Lines: 71
- Distribution: world
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- NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu
- Summary: etiquette revisions, seeking input
- Keywords: etiquette, rewrite
-
-
- It has been suggested that the Etiquette Guidelines which are posted
- as part of the bi-monthly "Welcome to Misc.kids/FAQ File Index"
- article be rewritten and expanded. I am therefore including a draft
- of the revision for comments and suggestions. Please feel free to
- e-mail me your suggestions or post them as you see fit. I am hoping
- to finish all revisions by the time of the next posting of the
- "Welcome" article (Feb. 1). So, if you have anything to say, please
- do so quickly. Thanks.
-
- =====================================================================
-
- *** Etiquette Guidelines ***
-
- Most of the guidelines here are the same as in
- news.announce.newusers. However, they bear repeating from time to
- time.
-
-
- o Please respond via e-mail whenever possible; if the
- original poster was soliciting advice/information, s/he should
- post a summary to the net. This helps cut down on net traffic.
-
- o Please read all follow-ups before posting one of your own;
- in many cases, someone else has already covered the same point.
-
- o Please limit the amount of material included from previous
- postings as much as possible, and try to be concise. Certainly,
- .signatures should be excised. Remember that most of the audience
- for misc.kids are busy parents. However, please make sure you
- include enough of the original article so as to make your follow-up
- sensible. (For example, follow-ups such as "I totally agree!" with
- no material included from the previous article make no sense at all,
- due to the nature of news readers.)
-
- o Please watch your attributions carefully; avoid misquotes and
- misconstructions.
-
- o Please avoid cross-postings to other newsgroups unless you are
- absolutely sure there is relevance to the other group(s). There
- is usually nothing that will spark a flame war faster than to
- cross-post an article to groups such as soc.men, soc.women, or
- alt.sex. If you feel you must cross-post or respond to
- a cross-posting, please delete misc.kids from the
- Newsgroups line as soon as the relevance to this
- newsgroup disappears.
-
- o Please check your Subject line carefully! If you are starting a
- new thread, do not use the standard follow-up command. (If you
- aren't sure about how to post a new article, read some help
- articles, or read news.announce.newusers (strongly recommended
- reading for any new netter anyway).) Similarly, if you want folks
- to read your article, and especially, if you want people to offer
- advice/comments, tailor your Subject line accordingly. This is a
- very busy newsgroup, and Subject lines that are vague might not
- catch the eye of the very people who might have something to
- offer. For example, if you have questions about breastfeeding
- and sibling rivalry, please take the time to write two separate
- articles with appropriate Subject lines.
-
- o While there is a newsgroup (alt.kids-talk) for non-adults to
- participate in, comments from children and teens are very welcome
- in this newsgroup.
-
- o Please refrain from name-calling, tantrums or other hysterics--
- we get enough of that from our children :-).
- =====================================================================
- --
- Diane C. Lin "Live now; make *now* always the
- dlin@weber.ucsd.edu most precious time. Now will
- (Dylan's mom, 2 years) never come again." (ST:TNG)
-