[ale] Ale Netiquette....

[Doug McNash]

Yea, I AGREE, the S/N is low here but bitchin' and moanin' 
will just make it worse...(hehe)

On Thu, 15 May 2003 07:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
  "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com> wrote:
>I know this has been suggested in the past, but I was 
>wondering if we
>could get a few guidelines added to ale.org regarding 
>posting.  Those I'm
>specifically interested in seeing as official "suggested" 
>guidelines are:
>
>1. Truncating all but the most relevant parts of a 
>message/thread when
>replying.  My Ale box is constantly filling up because 
>folks don't
>truncate when replying...so I get kb after kb of wasted 
>space and wasted
>bandwidth...
>
>2. Maintaining a consistent subject line and not breaking 
>the thread
>unless it's truly appropriate to do so (radical change of 
>direction,
>side-thread, etc.).  Once I've filtered a thread that's 
>varying widely
>off-topic, someone always seems to manage to reply to the 
>thread with a
>different subject line, even though he/she is simply 
>participating the the
>thread, and not diverting it in some manner.  This is an 
>illogical
>approach to list threads and breaks any attempt at 
>managing them.
>
>For example (and not to single anyone out), say I post an 
>OT thread
>regarding going to a conference: "[ale] OT: group outing 
>to conference
>X?"...there will often be a number of replies that follow 
>generally
>accepted protocol (i.e., "RE: [ale] OT: group outing to 
>conference X?")
>and maintain the thread, and then 10 posts in someone 
>will reply with
>"[ale] Conference X", even though their message is in no 
>way divergent
>from the original thread.  Posts like this essentially 
>disintegrate the
>thread.
>
>You'll forgive the crankiness...I missed my espresso this 
>morning...
>
>Thoughts are appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
>
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Doug McNash
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