At 02:02 PM 8/1/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>> >Occasionally it's necessary to remind people of the Etiquette
>> >Guidelines. I fail to see why it would be "chastizing" (as you seem to
>> >believe) when a person is reminded of the Guidelines.
>>
>> I should clarify.
>>
>> For example, Asking Jo Anne Bird to send the Etiquette Guidelines to
>> the List is fair game. Just don't single someone out while doing it.
>
>When, do you think, do we ask Jo Anne to post the Etiquette Guidelines?
>Exactly, when someone (a specific person, or a few specific persons) is/are
>showing unwanted behaviour on this list. So, someone is always singled out
>when we ask for a re-posting of the Etiquette Guidelines.
No.
If I notice that Julia is misbehaving, there is a huge difference between:
A) Replying to her post while citing chapter and verse for Julia each
violation of the Guidlines
B) Having Jo Anne Bird just-so-happen to repost the Etiquette Guidelines to
the List at that time.
In once case, Julia is publicly humiliated. In the other, she is given a
polite hint - indeed, everyone is given a polite hint to look at their
recent On-List actions, and consider if they had been truly following the
Etiquette Guidelines.
There's a huge psychological difference, I think, between a personal rebuke
and a general reminder. Especially since in most heated discussions,
*everyone* involved can use a good reminder, and it certainly won't be
clear in most cases that Jo Anne Bird had anyone specifically in mind.
JDG - Who finds it so hard to imagine Julia violating the Etiquette
Guidelines, that he figures she'd make a good example.
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