I certainly do NOT want to stifle or insult anyone, but as another
poster wrote, I have SEVERAL lists that I subscribe to, and have to get
through to stay current. God forbid I go out of town for a couple of
days! I come back to a hundred posts!
Making an honest mistake is not the issue. And no one has ever stated
that certain people are mistake free. The issue is that some people
NEVER take the time to edit their posts, and therefore continue to have
this issue.
Yes. Dan does an awesome job with these lists. I'm on several of his
lists, as well as a few others. If "Mom/Grandma" has been observing as
long as she says, then she must know that this is an issue that raises
it's head all the time. It was posted "publicly" to help educate those
very new users she was mentioning. It was also sent directly to the
poster in case he missed it in the list, to help educate him as well.
But, it was not meant to degrade or belittle the person, which was
stated at the beginning of my original post. "Mom/Grandma," by the way,
was not who I was mentioning in my original post as an example.
All in all, I apologize if someone's feelings got hurt. It was not my
intention. After rereading my original post, I don't see where I made
any personal attacks. I also apologize for some frustration coming
through in my original post.
By all means, gather the courage anytime you need and post with whatever
you feel necessary to the list. My post only tried to serve as a
reminder to how frustrating it is to go through sooo many posts only to
have to filter through extra, unneeded information. In trying to educate
said newbies to the list, I've obviously hurt some people's feelings. I
humbly send my regrets.
Dan, I very politely NEVER meant to do your job, or step on your toes.
Although, I doubt you took it as such either, even some might have taken
it upon themselves to see it that way.
Peace.
On Tuesday, August 7, 2001, at 10:32 AM, Sandra Combs, or "Mom/Grandma"
wrote:
> From: Sandra Combs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Quoting only necessary info... again!
>
> Warning ! This is a long post, but I felt it had to be said. (I guess
> it's the Mom/Grandma side of me coming out)
>
> No "it's not that hard to do", but you seem to forget that occasionally
> there are people who are posting for the first time, not to just this
> list but to any list !! Like me for example. I replied to the first
> message in the thread "9500 Update" instead of the last so that all the
> other messages wouldn't be quoted. But in doing so I forgot about the
> footers. Rest assured that Dan (the List mom) is doing his job
> administering the list so no one else need waste valuable time doing so.
> He doesn't admonish by posting to the list. Those of you who never make
> mistakes may not know it but Dan sends a friendly - emphasis on friendly
> - personal e-mail to the offender gently reminding him/her to quote only
> those things that are pertinent. His private e-mail avoids
> embarrassment, hurt feelings, and possibly prevents people from leaving
> the list or never posting again for fear of being publicly chastised
> for making an error.
>
> I've been an observer to this list for almost a year (learning a great
> deal I might add) but since I'm not very techno-savvy I've been
> reluctant to post for fear of asking a "stupid" question and believe me,
> I am not timid nor stupid. I finally got up enough nerve to post and
> what happens ? -- some unfeeling person(s) decides he/she should be
> doing Dan's job.
>
> One further note, if everyone started their messages above the quotes,
> unlike the replies below (and yes, the quotes are intentionally left
> in), no one would have to scroll forever to get to the reply; thus,
> saving time. "It's really not that hard to do". Now can we get back to
> discussions about Macs ?
>
> Cheers !
>
> PS: Parts of the following messages were edited because I have the
> "sense to do so".
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