On 19/6/06, Rob Geraghty, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>I just read that links to galleries are frowned on, >>?? Where? >>Here's a FAQ for this list: >><http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html> > >In the FAQ. :) > >Rob
Rob, There are a couple of places where mention is made of links, namely these two paragraphs: ***** POSTING PHOTOS-- For PESO/PAW/ETC, you put it up on the web somewhere and post a URL in your message. You can not post photos directly to the list, the list management software will automatically delete your post. and PESO (GESO,PAW,etc.)-- Photo Every So Oftten (also PAW-- Photo A Week), a thing introduced to the list a while back by Shel Belinkoff where you can put up a photo you want commented on and folks will tell you how you should have done it (grin). PESO seems to have become the preferred acronym. You will also occassionally see GESO (Gallery Every So Often) I personally do not like the idea, if you want to show a bunch of your photos just post a link to your webpage in your sig line. ****** The only thing I see that you may be referring to is the last sentence of the second paragraph. Note that the writer of the FAQ is not not the list owner, and he is just posting his own personal preference. Many people post GESOs, and it is up the individual whether or not to view them. If I have time, I will have a look, some will always look, others will never look. Certainly it is not 'frowned upon' to post a GESO. Hell, I post photo essays once in a while and that is classed as a gallery really, as it's a collection of pics, but I don't use the acronyms. The only thing I would say is that as long as your post is relevant to Pentax gear, then it is on topic. Anything else is OT, and should be labelled as such. A lot of people bloat on about that, and yet post OT stuff without 'OT' in the subject line! I use some Pentax lenses on Canon cameras, and if I post pics from these, they are most certainly on topic. I would not dream of posting pics from non-Pentax gear with 'OT' in the subject line, it's just common courtesy. Graywolf has kindly hosted the FAQ, but if you ever met the guy, you'd immediately warm to his lambasting style and over-opinionated windbagging ! (Like I *never* do :-))) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
