[texbirds] Re: Considering a TEXBIRDS rule change, your feedback is wanted

  • From: "Mary Gustafson" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "live4birds@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
  • To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:08:41 -0500

I'll disagree, I think the location you BIRDED should be in the post and/or 
subject if relevant; the location you LIVE isn't relevant.  I think there 
should be a policy against saying you had birds x y z in your yard without 
giving a location, but birders trying to communicate about rare birds or 
interesting sightings shouldn't be policed to add their residential location.  

I for one still have to look up on mapquest to see where many of these towns 
are.  It's meaningless to me.  
 
Mary Gustafson
Mission, Texas (well, not really, actually unicorporated Hidalgo County 
southwest of Mission, or north of Bentsen RGV State Park, or south of Palmview) 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: David Sarkozi <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TexBirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Dec 1, 2014 2:15 pm
Subject: [texbirds] Considering a TEXBIRDS rule change, your feedback is wanted


I'm considering getting rid of the requirement that you end your
message with both your full name and location. I would drop the
requirement for the location. A lot of people have been leaving out
the location and for sure the earth has not stopped spinning and there
are still birds to see.

While it has some value I think with knowing where people are from in
putting a sighting in context and to separate two people with similar
names it has just become pain to try police if its not adding value
for the majority of readers.

Most of the people that post are reasonably well known so the context
thing isn't that big a deal. If you think you're being confused with
someone else you can certainly put your location in your signature.

I will certainly keep the requirement to sign with your full name
because so many people don't have their name in there email address.

So what do you think, does the location add value to you?



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