[modeleng] Off Topic posts
- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:44:29 +0100
Guys, please could I ask that everyone curtails off-topic posts.
There are two reasons for this request.
Firstly, at Bristol ME Exhibition on Saturday I met two people who used to be
members of the "old" list, and who left due to "the amount of off-topic
banter". one of them is an experienced award winner and I am sure that many of
us could learn from him.
Secondly, the people who hosts this list have stated their dislike of off-topic
posts on lists.
They say,
>In general: don't use any lude(sic) /questionable language, keep your post
>on-topic, don't flame anyone,
and,
>We do have limited bandwidth, and we can't afford to fill it up with things
>like "Lucy's Tips on Fingernail Polishing at the BusStop."
Also, in their initial message to me when I set the list up, they state that,
>(lists must have a technical basis), and,
> we monitor lists and if we find that they are filled with junk like cake
> recipes we will cancel them
Hence, if they do happen to monitor this list at a time when there is a lot of
banter, we could find that we no longer have a list at all.!
I don't believe that the occasional off-topic post matters, and indeed, I would
not wish to limit them to that extent, but I would ask that everyone keeps them
in moderation.
For clarification, I am not referring to any present topic. Anything that is
related to model engineering or steam is generally OK.
Thanks guys.
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.alanstepney.info
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