Hi Willem, That is in part why no proofreading guidelines exist currently. We, the moderators, don't want to constantly police the list any more than we absolutely have to. People should use their own judgment and initiative to correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. As to why many blind list members don't already do this I don't know, but it shouldn't be the moderators' job to police the list pointing out spelling, grammar, and proper punctuation when they should have already learned this through their schools.
That's why even if we end up coming up with such a guideline it would be very basic requiring a reasonable amount of punctuation like periods and question marks and forgo colons and semi-colons as an absolute requirement. Spell checking and grammar checking might be trickier, but I'm pretty sure there is some compromise that can be made there as well. Either way, though, we would not really want to do this unless it becomes essential to add such a guideline. Cheers! On 12/18/11, Willem Venter <[email protected]> wrote: > hi. I agree that proofreading should be in the guidelines, but > policing this is inpractical. > People should just remember that people will ignore them if they are > hard to understand. > --- 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].
