With recent discussion about LEM group rules, please allow me to pass
along the following:
Earlier today one of the most active members of this Group wrote to
another LEM Group:
At 7:54 AM +0000 2/23/2010, someone wrote:
Guys, I hate to bring this up, as I have been trying to ignore the
issue for a while, but is there any chance we can start editing
replies?
Lost cause, I'm afraid. I don't think the nannies have the desire or
time to enforce trimming.
To which a manager of that Group promptly replied:
Trimming is still in the list rules, and in fact a number of people
here who post untrimmed messages have recently been put on moderated
status by me, and experienced their posts not getting through unless
they were trimmed. So: please everyone, make less work for us
nannies and trim your posts. Your assistance in this is much
appreciated.
Please be reminded of the following section from our LEM Group
Netiquette:
Please quote only the relevant portion of messages you respond to:
"You shouldn't have to wade through gobs of extraneous stuff to get
to the meat of the message. You should include just enough to
provide a context for the message and no more.
"Quoting sparingly does require manual work, since most email
programs automatically quote the [whole] original message in
replies. But failing to edit the original wastes everyone's time
and bandwidth."
As G-Group Managers, we are pleased to observe the active
participation of new and old members in meaningful discussions about
Desktop Macs with G-processors. However, there have been numerous
messages with grossly excessive quotes, sometimes including multiple
levels of names, signatures, and even group trailers. Please make an
effort to trim your quotes in accordance with the Netiquette and
common sense.
By the way, the owner of LEM Groups recently sent a general reminder
to all members of our largest group, that excessive quoting may be
cause for manager (nanny) action.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Fabian Fang
LEM G-Group Manager
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