Yes, keep posting. Learn from mistakes but don't take complaints personally.
I think what sometimes comes across as intolerance is partly due to the fact that this is a very busy list. It takes time to scan all the posts. Following all the standard rules helps streamline this process, increasing the chances of quality help. I also think that enforcing a rule should fall more often to a single reminder by a moderator at Legacy, and less often to multiple reminders by fellow listers. While we all have had 'lapses', rules such as the following are pretty common among mail lists and are worthy of a pause and proofread before posting: - plain text; no attachments - trim excess from bottom of thread - don't hijack threads, and craft a meaningful subject line - on topic - respectful - attempt to find answers in the list archive and/or Legacy Help - ensure 'Read Receipt' is turned off Ward P.S.: _Almost_ replied in HTML! Good thing I checked my checklist. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Meyer To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Apology to all Ditto to what Paula said :-) I never mind those 'lapses' because if one person is asking a question or having a problem, I guarantee you that there is at least one other person who needs help with the same thing but was afraid to ask; the group is formed so that we can help each other in whatever way that we can. Most people are extremely helpful and tolerant. Don't we tell our kids to ask questions because 'how else are you going to learn anything?' 'Most' of Legacy support is very tolerant as well except when they receive complaints and then they are obliged to chime in. Tim, I have no idea what you might be talking about; I don't recall you ever posting anything remotely 'off topic' haha! Have a great week everyone! Kathy On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: G. and Tim, Please do keep posting. It's just a few on the list that are "extremely intolerant". I think they may have forgotten what it was like to be new... at using Legacy or at using a User Group list. Don't let them scare you off. And sometimes it's because they are having a bad day or a lapse similar to what makes some of us post incorrectly. ;) --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Harbaugh Hopkins Hughes Jones Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sullivan Williams ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 2:26:26 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Apology to all I too hesitate in posting inquiries to this group in that many times it provokes a firestorm that the right format or other etiquette isn't followed. We all tend to have lapses from time to time in following the rules in our haste to get a problem resolved. But in my opinion, this list is extremely intolerant of those lapses. gc ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Tim Rosenlof <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Apology to all Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:15:43 -0700 Hi I apologize for the posts I make. Sometimes I just don't think before posting. And lots of times I am afraid to post for the fear. Tim Rosenlof Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
