ADMIN: Posting Rules Reminder (was, LEARNING TOOL)

Subject: ADMIN: Posting Rules Reminder (was, LEARNING TOOL)
From: "Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 06:07:29 -0600

Gang,
The Scott versus Bruce et al battle has gone on far long
enough--it's quite personal, not at all relevant, and completely
disregards my gentle suggestion posted yesterday that it
be taken offlist.

I will suspend posting privileges for each person who
continues to post on this topic.

My take on the whole thing?
* Commercial announcements/plugs/advocacy should come in
the context of an ongoing discussion and with
an appropriate disclaimer of vested interest in the
subject. Additionally, ONE posting will suffice. If the
product is THAT GOOD, others will speak up. If not,
they won't. (That is, exercise self-control. For example,
I had a couple of HTML books in mind that I would have
been pleased to recommend when the question was posed.
I didn't. Someone else who liked them did. Fortunately.)
* There's no room on this list for personal attacks or for
the attitudes coming through on all sides in this thread.
* Rarely, if ever, can anyone write effectively enough to force people
to open their minds--particularly in this venue. I'd suggest
that it's probably not even worth trying. The old saw about
leading a horse to water comes to mind...either readers will
be receptive to the information you have, or not, but they
won't be convinced to open their minds. That smacks of a
PC/Mac-ish holy war and isn't appropriate.

Please reread the rules.
Eric


POSTING RULES FOR TECHWR-L
Revised 10/19/97

I strongly encourage everyone to read and understand these
rules before posting to TECHWR-L. Any list member may
be removed from the list, at the listowner's discretion,
for flagrant or repeated infractions. Additionally, if
you are abusive to the listowner or other list members,
you may be removed from the list.


CHECK THE ARCHIVES BEFORE POSTING! Archives are available at
http://www.documentation.com/techwrit/techwrit-l.htm
and at http://listserv.okstate.edu/archives/techwr-l.html
and at http://www.dejanews.com/ and at http://www.reference.com/.

WHAT TO POST
* If it is about technical communication and of general
interest, post it.
* If it is about technical communication and original and
humorous, post it.

WHAT NOT TO POST
* If it doesn't clearly and directly relate to technical
communication, don't post it.
* If it relates to _language use_ but not technical
communication, it probably isn't appropriate.
Don't post it.
* If it relates to _computer use_ but not technical
communication, it probably isn't appropriate.
Don't post it.
* If it continues an irrelevant thread in any way
(rebuttal, rebuke, rerun, revision, remark), don't
post it.
* If it is a personal message to a single subscriber,
don't post it. Even if mail to that person bounces.
* If you aren't sure, don't post it.
* If it is something cute, interesting, or funny that
you found on the Internet (e.g. Dr. Seuss on Tech
Writing, origin of spam), don't post it. I assure
you that most readers have seen it already.

OTHER
* Check your facts on anything you post. Do not under
any circumstances post virus warnings or anything else
designed to be "forwarded to everyone you know" to this
list.
* Do not directly attack anyone for anything on the list.
Take issue with ideas, not personalities, and do
NOT point out grammatical, spelling, or usage errors.
This forum is not the place to exercise editorial
frustration.
* Please do post job ads -- they are welcome. Please
put the location and general job description in the
Subject line. E.g. something like
JOB: Sr. Tech Writer, SF, California, USA.
* Do not post job ad critiques. If you don't like the
job, don't apply. If you have an issue with the
terminology or phrasing, take it up off-line
with the company.
* Please do not post other ads in any form, for they are
not welcome. The one exception is for ads that directly
address a topic under discussion on the list. For example, if
a reader posts a question about snazzling software and
the company you work for makes Snazzler for Doors, posting
information about the product would be fine.
* Please make sure your E-mail address is included in
the body of the message you post to the list.
* If responses are sent to you--not to the whole list--please
summarize and post the entire summary back to the list.
A summary should include attributions so others can pick
up conversations offline if necessary with original posters.
When you send a summary back to the list, use the word
"SUMMARY" as the first word of the "Subject" line."
* Direct all commentary about this message to my
address, not the list.





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* Eric J. Ray, ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com, http://www.raycomm.com/
* TECHWR-L Listowner, co-author _Mastering HTML 4.0_
* _HTML 4 for Dummies Quick Reference_, and others.
* RayComm, Inc., currently accepting contract inquiries.




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