On Thursday evening I sent Carmen the following note in the hopes he would understand how the List works:
> Hello Carmen, > > When you send messages to the List there are a few > things you need to do: > > 1.) Quote the message to which you are replying, > but delete the parts of the quoted message to > which you are not replying. Only include those > relevant parts in your reply. > > 2.) Delete the "footer" from the quoted message > before you hit send. > > 3.) Look at some of the archived Digests so you > can see how people write their replies, and > emulate their format. > > 4.) Use your spellcheck. > > It is very difficult for the rest of the List > members to read and respond to your posts if you > do not do these four things listed above. > > If you could try to do this, we would appreciate it. > > Thank you. When he wrote me back that he was 10 years old I apologised and continued: > I know kids have a steamlined way of chat in > chatrooms which doesn't include punctuation, > capitalization, and proper spelling, but a List > like this one does not use that kind of easygoing > chat; on this List it is more like: > > - Describe a problem and ask a question based on > that description. > - Give an solution to the problem based on the > info given in the description and question. > > See the difference? Unfortunately, Carmen has ignored *everything* which I sent in those one-on-one posts, and which was later reaffirmed by others via the List itself. I'm sorry, but this is not a kids' chatroom, and he cannot continue to treat it as such. Sending replies with no question quoted and also sending huge blocks of quoted text, but adding no information of his own is not OK. If the kid has something to add, fine, but that does not seem to be the case. If Listers want to chat with him, please do it offlist one-on-one. Amber wrote: > > So we have a 10 year old child who has joined the list and is trying to take > part in our discussions because she enjoys Macs. She's ruffled some feathers > and has had some difficulty interacting with members on this list and you're > already trying to get rid of her ! > > You can't expect a child to have the same social skills and etiquette as a > 30 or 40 year old adult. > > How about exercising just a little bit of patience and giving her some > constructive direction instead of just chiding her amongst yourselves. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
