Guidelines File - Updated 8/25/2012
1) Posts by users of the site are not edited or scrutinized before
appearing online.
2) The forum moderators do not purport to vouch for the authenticity or
veracity of any statements within the forum.
3) All parties who feel aggrieved by any statements within the forum
have free opportunities to provide a rebuttal to those statements within
the forum.
4) Parties who feel aggrieved by statements within the forum are also
free to contact the moderators directly and provide justification as to
why they believe content to be libelous. If circumstances warrant, steps
will be taken to removing the offending material expeditiously.
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Fairfield Life used to average 75-150 posts a day - 300+ on peak days -
and the guidelines included steps on how to deal with the volume. But
this volume was due largely to indiscriminate posting by a few members.
We now have a policy that limits all members to 50 posts a week. Most
participants feel this policy has greatly enhanced the quality of the
forum. A Post Count message is posted every evening, listing members'
names (or aliases) and the number of messages they've posted that week.
Those who exceed their weekly quota will be prohibited from posting for
a week. The new week starts each Friday at 7pm Iowa time, or 00:00 UTC
(Coordinated Universal Time). UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time
during winter.
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You can also read FFL posts at
http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/. Some say
this is faster than the Yahoo groups interface, and prefer it because it
allows sorting by thread and has a better search function. Additional
images are archived at http://alex.natel.net/ffl/images/.
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1) This group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone.
Please refrain from personal attacks, insults and excessive venting.
"Speak the truth that is sweet" is a worthy aspiration. If angry, take
some time to gain composure before writing or pushing the send button.
2) Edit your posts and make them as concise and non-repetitive as possible.
3) Please "snip" - be highly selective in quoting a message to which you
are responding, deleting all but the most relevant portions of the prior
posts. This makes the daily digest easier to read for those who
subscribe to it. Also, if the topic of a thread changes, please change
the subject header.
4) Try to make clear to the reader if you are writing from the
perspective of personal experience, from information gained from
teachers or books, from your own thoughts, reasoning, logic or
conjecture. Please cite sources where relevant.
5) Reference prior posts by their archive number whenever possible.
6) Anonymous posts are permitted, using an account you create.
7) FFL is a newsgroup public forum. FFL can be openly read from the
web. Posting privileges are through membership only. Material published
to FFL is not privileged or protected by law. Material published to FFL
might be quoted and used elsewhere. The publicly published content
includes any information in the message headers, which may include the
poster's IP address. If you don't want your IP address to be made
public, you are solely responsible for keeping that information private.
That can be accomplished by configuring your FFL membership with the
"Hide my email and IP address from the group moderators" option, using a
proxy, using an email provider that does not reveal originating IP, etc.
8) Posting of "adult" material, either text or photos, or links to such
materials, is prohibited. Violation of this guideline may result in
expulsion from the group.
9) Make cross-posts from other sites only as they are relevant to this
group. If you think another site has great value, write one post saying
so, then let others join or go to that site on their own, at their
discretion.
10) Only post links to other sites that are relevant references to the
specific discussion at hand.
11) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on
personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from
sending personal messages to the whole list.
12) Feel to invite your friends to join FFL, and to use the site's
Promote feature on your websites. The broader the personal network, the
greater the value to all. Friends may now access the posts of FFL
directly off the home page without having to join the list.
13) Please don't post commercial announcements in the main message area.
Folders have been set up in the Database, Links and Files sections for
listing books, CDs, DVDs and other items for trade, a Fairfield ride
board, local events, hiring/looking for work announcements, informative
articles, useful links, etc. Also check http://fairfieldtoday.com/.
14) Political discussions are allowed. However, be kind and respectful
of others' viewpoints. Come with a humble heart, an open mind, and the
desire to contribute constructively to everyone's broader awareness.
15) Keep in mind that many FFL members desire to maintain anonymity. If
you happen to know a member's real name, perhaps because that member has
mentioned it in a post or two, or to you privately, please refer to that
member only by their pseudonym.
16) If you want to make suggestions for the refinement of these
guidelines, please post them in the forum.
On 11/17/2013 3:24 PM, pundits...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Rick, for reminding us that FFL has guidelines.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <rick@...> wrote:
I just amended several points:
Guidelines File 11/18/07
Fairfield Life used to average 75-150 posts a day - 300+ on peak days
- and the guidelines included steps on how to deal with the volume.
But this volume was due largely to indiscriminate posting by a few
members. We now have a policy that limits all members to 50 posts a
week. Most participants feel this policy has greatly enhanced the
quality of the forum. Members are responsible for counting and
restricting their own posts. Those who exceed their weekly quota will
be banned without warning for a week (2nd offense, 2 weeks, etc.).
Point 1, below, includes the following: "Please refrain from personal
attacks, insults..." Since a few members habitually ignore this
guideline, we're going to try putting some teeth in it. Those who
can't refrain from "flaming" (personal attacks) or indulge in
gratuitous profanity or sexist, racist, etc. slurs will be warned,
then if they persist, will be banned for a week, 2nd offense 2 weeks, etc.
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You can also read FFL posts at
http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/. Some say
this is faster than the Yahoo groups interface, and prefer it because
it allows sorting by thread and has a better search function.
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Check out http://www.frappr.com/fairfieldlife and add yourself if you
feel like it.
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1) This group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone.
Please refrain from personal attacks, insults and excessive venting.
"Speak the truth that is sweet" is a worthy aspiration. If angry, take
some time to gain composure before writing or pushing the send button.
2) Edit your posts and make them as concise and non-repetitive as
possible.
3) Please "snip" - be highly selective in quoting a message to which
you are responding, deleting all but the most relevant portions of the
prior posts. This makes the daily digest easier to read for those who
subscribe to it. Also, if the topic of a thread changes, please change
the subject header. If you don't, someone with moderator status will
delete your post and post its content in a new post with an accurate
header.
4) Try to make clear to the reader if you are writing from the
perspective of personal experience, from information gained from
teachers or books, from your own thoughts, reasoning, logic or
conjecture. Please cite sources where relevant.
5) Reference prior posts by their archive number whenever possible.
6) Anonymous posts are permitted, using an account you create.
7) FFL is a newsgroup public forum. FFL can be openly read from the
web. Posting privileges are through membership only. Material
published to FFL is not privileged or protected by law. Material
published to FFL might be quoted and used elsewhere.
8) Make cross-posts from other sites only as they are relevant to this
group. If you think another site has great value, write one post
saying so, then let others join or go to that site on their own, at
their discretion.
9) Only post links to other sites that are relevant references to the
specific discussion at hand.
10) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on
personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from
sending personal messages to the whole list.
11) Feel to invite your friends to join FFL, and to use the site's
Promote feature on your websites. The broader the personal network,
the greater the value to all. Friends may now access the posts of FFL
directly off the home page without having to join the list.
12) Please don't post commercial announcements in the main message
area. Folders have been set up in the Database, Links and Files
sections for listing books, CDs, DVDs and other items for trade, a
Fairfield ride board, local events, hiring/looking for work
announcements, informative articles, useful links, etc. Also check
http://fairfieldtoday.com/.
13) Political discussions are allowed. However, be kind and respectful
of others' viewpoints. Come with a humble heart, an open mind, and the
desire to contribute constructively to everyone's broader awareness.
14) Keep in mind that many FFL members desire to maintain anonymity.
If you happen to know a member's real name, perhaps because that
member has mentioned it in a post or two, or just to you privately,
please refer to that member only by their pseudonym.
15) If you want to make suggestions for the refinement of these
guidelines, please post them in the forum.
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