I would hope that this would be more of a guideline encouraging people to proofread their emails rather than a hard and fast rule, because where do you draw the line on coming down on someone? One mispelled word? Two? A misused comma?
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge proponent of proofing what you write. it's a good, courteous habit to start laying down, but do you really want to create that much more work for yourselves? Warmly, Meka ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shiny protector" <[email protected]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Blind Gamers Being Taken Seriously? Hello Mr. Ward, I absolutely disagree with the idea that you have told us about the proofreading guideline. We should implement the idea, because if we do not implement the said idea you are talking about, more messages with poor grammar, punctuation and spelling may be sent fourth to people and this mailing list. I, myself, may not be perfect in my writing, but my writing is extremely satisfactory these days. My point is, even if people find the guideline highly insulting or highly agitating, the guideline should still be implemented into the guidelines for the audyssey list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Blind Gamers Being Taken Seriously? > Hi Jeremy, > > Yes, you definitely raise some very good points in your message. As > you pointed out the biggest problem in communicating with sighted > developers and the public at large is ignorance on their part. Most > sighted people have never met a blind person before, and even if they > have there is no way of knowing what their experience was if any. Its > our job to correct their impressions through by educating them a step > at a time, and to do it in a way that makes us look like intelligent, > competent, and mature individuals who have something worthwhile to say > about their products and services. > > Its for that reason every time I see a poorly written message on > Audyssey or some other access list I inwardly cringe. I can't tell you > how many blind individuals just shoot off a message filled with poor > grammar, lack of proper punctuation, and spelling errors. Like it or > not if a sighted person reads those messages we will be judged one and > all as not very intelligent, as lacking communication skills, etc. > Bottom line, if we want the mainstream public's respect we have to > work for it, and not forgo proper language and writing skills for > convenience sake. > > Here at Audyssey we considered adding proofreading to the list > guidelines to improve the quality and clarity of the posts. > Unfortunately, there were some individuals that took serious offense > to that, and felt that the moderators were going too far. All I can > draw from their reaction is they don't care about being taken > seriously and want the rest of the sighted world to view us > negatively, because that's exactly what will happen if they send a > poorly written message to a person or company who has no experience > with the blind. In short, good communication skills will go a long > ways to bridging the gap between the blind and sighted communities. > > Cheers! > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
