Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

2015-05-30 Thread Bryan Peterson
I don't recall anybody naming names. Focus your powers and prepare for buttle. -Original Message- From: Danielle Antoine Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 4:30 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines I am not the culprit. On 5/29/15, Charles

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

2015-05-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, Yes, exactly. I try hard not to name and shame on list unless I really see a need for it. Especially, when it was such a minor offense like forgetting to change a subject line. I figure most people who are on list and read their messages regularly can identify who the guilty

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

2015-05-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Danielle, No worries. I don't remember anyone saying you were one of the culprits. I happen to know who the people are who were breaking this list guideline and I have my eye on them. Cheers! On 5/29/15, Danielle Antoine singingmywa...@gmail.com wrote: I am not the culprit. --- Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

2015-05-29 Thread Danielle Antoine
it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 2:37 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

2015-05-29 Thread Charles Rivard
! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 2:37 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines Hello everyone, This is a friendly moderator reminder to remind list members if you

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

2015-05-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello everyone, This is a friendly moderator reminder to remind list members if you decide to change the topic of a message please change the subject line of the message as well. It is confusing even somewhat irritating to see a subject line of one thing but when reading the message the author is

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder was o t; lists

2014-07-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, As this is way off topic for the list let me remind everyone to respond to Jess off list. Off topic posting is not aloud unless approved by a moderator, and this definitely constitutes as off topic. So please keep your responses if any off list. Thank you. On 6/4/14, Jess Varnell

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines

2012-11-03 Thread dark
, November 03, 2012 2:02 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Subject Lines Hi all, This is just a quick reminder from your friendly neighborhood moderators to remember to change the subject line when the topic or subject of a thread changes. We should not open a message about October's

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-25 Thread Damien C. Pendleton
Rickard Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:34 AM To: kr...@eklyon.co.uk ; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages I do object, only because, as I said, a person may have a single long idea which is valid. I've had to split up messages before, and it isn't so

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-25 Thread Nicol
I'd like to give some advice for those who use MSOffice outlook and jaws. Messages sent in plain text format is much smaller than messages sent in html format. What I usually do if I write a message that's quite long. Step1: I save the message in my drafts folder. I hit control plus s and then

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-25 Thread Dakotah Rickard
It's also pretty easy to eliminate auto-sending of replies, so long as you take the time... I'm not trying to accuse anyone by the way, I just didn't know you guys even looked at messages that large or if they got moved into a, go ahead and delete, folder or something. I write most of my messages

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dakotah, No problem. No offense taken. I'm just glad we are able to clarify things for you. :D As it happens I often use the Google web-mail interface myself 90% of the time and don't bother with separate e-mail clients. Since I have several different computers running various operating

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Damien C. Pendleton
Hey folks, I have just tended to all the moderated messages and have had to reject a rather large number of them due to excessive size. Please could I gently remind you all to trim your messages before sending them, unless it is under special circumstances and your message is consulted with and

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I don't mind the idea, except I'm curious as to why there's a message length restriction. If someone doesn't want to read the entire message, they can either delete it then and there or move to the next name in the thread, depending on their client and mail reading preferences. What's more, most

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Damien C. Pendleton
: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages I don't mind the idea, except I'm curious as to why there's a message length restriction. If someone doesn't want to read the entire message, they can either delete it then and there or move to the next name in the thread, depending on their client

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread john
] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages I don't mind the idea, except I'm curious as to why there's a message length restriction. If someone doesn't want to read the entire message, they can either delete it then and there or move to the next name in the thread, depending on their client and mail

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Dennis Towne
:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages I don't mind the idea, except I'm curious as to why there's a message length restriction. If someone doesn't want to read the entire message, they can either delete it then and there or move to the next name in the thread

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread kevin lyon
[mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Towne Sent: 25 July 2012 00:18 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages I would prefer that the rule be kept. While bandwidth and storage really isn't an issue anymore, trimming conversations is just

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Dakotah Rickard
To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages I would prefer that the rule be kept. While bandwidth and storage really isn't an issue anymore, trimming conversations is just plain polite, and keeping them trimmed helps keep conversations on track

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Michael Taboada
people from posting 20 old replies when only the latest one is relevant. Thanks, -Michael. -Original Message- From: Dakotah Rickard Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:34 PM To: kr...@eklyon.co.uk ; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages I do

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dakotah, We usually don't just reject messages out of hand. At least I don't at any rate. I've personally approved a number of messages that were larger than the size limitation if it is a case of a single message too long to fit in the standard 10 KB limit. Such examples include news letters,

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages

2012-07-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, That is what we generally do. As I said in my prior post we often don't just reject a post because it is too large. There are plenty of posts such as news letters from game developers that are too big to go through, but we obviously approve them right away since the author wasn't

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder Off Topic Messages

2011-07-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Weather you put reply off line in the subject or not the fact remains it was off topic. As I said last night the rules are pretty specific about how off topic messages are to be handled, and anything you think might be off topic must be approved by a moderator in advance. HTH On

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder Off Topic Messages

2011-07-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, I'd like to make a quick moderator reminder that off topic messages should be approved by Damien or myself before being posted to the list. Just sending an off topic question about CCleaner or any other non-game related topic out of the blue is against the list guidelines and therefore

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder Off Topic Messages

2011-07-25 Thread shaun everiss
which was why I asked for offlist please in the subject line. Sadly it seems that there was an onlist descussion reguardless. At 04:20 p.m. 26/07/2011, you wrote: Hi all, I'd like to make a quick moderator reminder that off topic messages should be approved by Damien or myself before being

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder

2011-06-29 Thread Damien C. Pendleton
Hi all gamers, This is a friendly moderator reminder. I have noticed a tendency recently for some members to slip back into the one-liners format when replying to messages. These one-liners are now sometimes being sent as short as one word. Please could we remember that these messages serve no

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Re: Harry Potter Trivia 2

2011-05-20 Thread Damien Pendleton
Hi guys, The debate of who fought who and who did what in Harry Potter is all very interesting, however I believe Jim now has the answer to the question which originally sparked this discussion. Therefore may I please ask that we begin to bring this topic to a close, as it is straying away

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Message Attachments

2011-05-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello list, A little while ago I just checked the moderators queue and there were four or five messages with Dos game attachments in them. I'd like to give everyone a friendly reminder that sending attachments to the list is not allowed for security reasons. Instead if you want to post a game to

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Message Length

2011-04-03 Thread Thomas Ward
HI all, This is a quick moderator reminder that many of your posts have been going over the 10 KB limit per message. Just this morning I rejected around 8 or 9 posts all because they were way over the 10 KB limit. This is not unusual of late. It seams every day for the last month there has been

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder: Message Length

2011-04-03 Thread Charles Rivard
of the Ward. --- Laughter is the best medicine, so look around, find a dose and take it to heart. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 11:49 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Moderator Reminder

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder about subject lines: was, Could someone please help?

2011-01-16 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi all, I just saw 22 messages in this thread alone and the subject line has zero to do with the content. Perhaps a subject line of: could someone please help with soul trapper, or help with soul trapper, would have been loads more useful. If one person starts off with an inappropriate subject

[Audyssey] Moderator Reminder About Software Piracy

2010-08-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello listers, I wanted to remind everyone here that raul and I both run a tight ship here, as best as we can, and we have a 0 tolerance policy for software piracy on this list. Any list member caught breaking this rule will be immediately removed from the list. I regret to inform all of you that

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder to change subject lines.

2009-03-19 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello list, While browsing through the list traffic tonight I've noticed that a lot of you are posting messages on topics that have no relationship to the subject line. I'd like to remind everyone to please change the subject line when the topic changes. Thank you. --- Gamers mailing list __

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder was Karaoke machine

2008-12-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Ari and all, First, if you guys aren't sure what is or not on topic the list guidelines state you should consult one of the list moderators at gamers-ow...@audyssey.org to make sure your post is approved for this list. Second, you should never assume just because something is

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder was VB 6.0

2008-01-28 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Kuvvosh and all, I would like to remind the list that because the game programming topics are ot for this list I have created a game programming list at http://usagames.us/mailman/listinfo/developers_usagames.us which is a list devoted to the discussion of game programming. While we have been

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder was Re: what is cvrl?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, This is a quick and friendly reminder to check the list archives now and then. the answer to this question was posted multiple times, and it seams after each answer someone turns around and asks the same question like, Where do I get it? So if you are reading the tail end of a thread or

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder was slightly off-topic: making vs.net accessible?

2007-07-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Not to be harsh on you, but keep in mind the rules state that any off topic post should be cleared by Raul or myself before it is posted to the list. So by stating, slightly off topic, you admit as much as knowing the topic is somewhat off post and requires moderator approval.

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder was phrogram development question : kids programming language .

2007-01-17 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, Please let's start moving the programming topics over to agdev-newbies which isspecifically designed for this sort of discussion. specifically designed Josh, I am interested in your post, and I'd like to discuss it, but agdev-newbies would be a better forem to hold the discussion.

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder about subject lines.

2006-12-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi folks, This is a friendly reminder to give your email posts good subject line titles. A good subject line is one in which the topic being discussed is clear. I'll use the most recent post as an example. Rather than saying hi all try using a title like how about any new games which would

Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder about subject lines.

2006-12-29 Thread Charles Rivard
gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 8:06 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder about subject lines. Hi folks, This is a friendly reminder to give your email posts good subject line titles. A good subject line is one in which the topic being discussed is clear. I'll use

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder was Question

2006-10-18 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, Just a friendly reminder to give your posts a better subject line. A very generic subject such as question, hello, etc is likely to be ignored by most listers that are looking for something specific. For example, let's say you are asking a question about Shades of Doom and give a

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder was Question

2006-10-17 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, Just a friendly reminder to give your posts a better subject line. A very generic subject such as question, hello, etc is likely to be ignored by most listers that are looking for something specific. For example, let's say you are asking a question about Shades of Doom and give a

[Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages.

2006-08-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, listers. As many of you know Raul and I have put a 8 KB limit on all standard posts to this list to cut down message size as well as to limit repeted material over and over again. However, I have just seen three messages from three different people be rejected on the grounds of message