Yup, I generally don't care if people quote entire emails, however, Yahoo's digest doesn't appear to remove the quoted material.
--- Skyring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/3/05, Miriam Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Skyring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I'm a moderator on this list, and if someone lets me > > > know a persistent offender, I can have a word in > > their shell-like ear > > .... > > > > There are so many 'offenders' and I didn't want to be > > emailing you and making it 'personal'. Now I know you > > can and will take the action you described I will hold > > you accountable to your words and I will take the > > 'appropriate and socially acceptable way' of solving > > this problem even though i have tried it before! I > > usually try hard not to thrust myself into the 'leper > > and black sheep of the colony' role so I will take it > > to the moderators now I know they will take action. > > Thanks to all! BookCrossing is a community enterprise and we rely on > the members to do the right thing in a considerate manner. In > comparison to a lot of other online communities, BookCrossing is > about > as perfect as you can get. > > This list gets the occasional spam, but that's about it, really. We > went to moderating new members a while back, and the spammers now get > caught before anyone else sees their stuff. There are four moderaters > on this list and we cover each other's time zones reasonably > efficiently. > > I identify legitimate BookCrossers on their first appearance and set > them to post freely, as per existing members. Occasionally I might > have a little trouble with someone who joins up to promote a book or > a > site and it isn't immediately clear that they are here to discuss > BookCrossing. > > What this means is that I don't get a chance to edit the posts of > members before they go out to all other members. I can trim excess > material off their posts, but by the time I get to them, it's too > late. Possibly this would have an effect on digests, but I don't > know. > > However, although it might seem like a trivial detail, the fact is > that when members don't trim their posts it can get extremely > frustrating to have to scroll past the same material many times each > day. Most of the time those members who are just hitting the [Reply] > button don't realise the inconvenience they are causing to others. > > I really don't want to play the heavy-handed list policeman, and I'm > sure none of the other moderators, with the possible exception of > Jason, are keen on this either. > > So everyone, please take a look down at the bottom of your posts, and > a little bit of judicious trimming before hitting [Send] will go a > long way towards community harmony. > > -- > Peter in Canberra > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? > Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/wnIolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend > > Archives and email list settings: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
