Hey, some of you, cut it out!--God damn it, please

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Peter Giordano writes:

  . . .

> Sorry to get so long winded - The point of all of the above is that
> it is pointless to try to tell people what to post or not to post -
> For those who are veterans of this list I'm sorry about the change
> that the list is going through but this is not the end of its
> evolution - The delete key and filters are going to have to become
> more popular

It is far from pointless educating people on this list to use the
technology to advantage and that includes getting them to structure
their postings so that they are easier for others to read and reply
to. This is not a news group where fresh-faced newbies with ids like
`Kool Dude' (kooldude at asswipe.com) have carte blanche to display the
depths of inanity of which they are capable (much as it may seem like
that at times). It is a specialist interest group populated by
relatively mature, responsible and literate people who are quite
capable of behaving responsibily so long as they know how to do so.
So, rather than adopting the apocalyptic apres-moi-le-deluge stance
displayed above perhaps you could do your best to shoulder some of
that responsibility and think before you stuff endless reams of crap
into other people's mailboxes. The more you hold off and think before
posting, the more focussed you make your mail notes, the better the
example you set other posters, then the longer we can all continue to
make good use this list as a resource.


Andrew Dinn
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