i have been seen on ILUG Chennai list these kind of reminders working well in educating new users of list etiquette , i would like some one from this group in taking the ownership to post this reminder monthly once any takers ?
Mailing List Guidelines reminder:- 1. Use a proper subject line. 2. Do not troll in the mailing list Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll 3. Use [OT] for off-topic, non-technical discussions. But, don't misuse this to start flame wars or to troll in the mailing list. 4. Do not top-post: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting Example of a top-post: > > Why is top-posting > > such a bad thing? Top-posting. > > What is the most > > annoying thing in e-mail? Use interleaved, trimmed posting Hi, --- Foo Bar wrote: > could design good > application forms using tex Sure. > CTAN doesn't seem to give me anything. Check this example (Observing Time Application Form): http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms.php -- Bar Foo 5. Do not over-quote: Example of an over-quote: >>> On Friday you said >>> blah blah blah >> On Saturday you said >> foo foo foo > On Sunday you said > foobar 6. Do not post HTML messages 7. Do not recycle messages 8. Do not send attachments 9. Do not attach obnoxious, nonsensical legal disclaimers. If your company uses disclaimers, don't use your company ID for the mailing list. 10. Search for answers for your questions/problems in search engine before posting your query to the mailing list. 11. Do not post messages in all capital letters. Mails in CAPS is considered rude and is similar to shouting during a conversation. 12. Following these guidelines could be helpful http://people.debian.org/~enrico/dcg/ 13. Don't send season's greetings or birthday or social networking site invites to the group. Its not mailing list etiquette. 14. How to ask smart questions. Link: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Mailing list etiquette. http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/presentations/mailing-list -etiquette.pdf Mailing list guidelines can be found at http://lug-iitd.org/Mailing_List_Guidelines -Satya fossevents.in -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
