Re: LZ: READ THIS!!!


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Re: LZ: READ THIS!!!



Adam Geitgey wrote:
> 
> For everyone new to computers here a few common courtesy guidelines
> that
> people might want to consider.
> 
> Please everyone read this and atleast consider following it:
> 
> (Small Excert from "The Netiquette Handbook")
> 
> Don't Overdo Signatures (especially 80-line doom demons)
> -----------------------
> 
> Signatures are nice, and many people can have a signature added to
> their
> postings automatically by placing it in a file called
> "$HOME/.signature".
> Don't overdo it. Signatures can tell the world something about you,
> but
> keep them short. A signature that is longer than the message itself is
> considered to be in bad taste. The main purpose of a signature is to
> help people locate you, not to tell your life story. Every signature
> should
> include at least your return address relative to a major, known site
> on
> the network and a proper domain-format address. Your system
> administrator
> can give this to you. Some news posters attempt to enforce a 4 line
> limit on signature files -- an amount that should be more than
> sufficient to
> provide a return address and attribution.
> 
> Summarize What You are Following Up
> -----------------------------------
> 
> When you are following up someone's article, please summarize the
> parts
> of the article to which you are responding. This allows readers to
> appreciate your comments rather than trying to remember what the
> original article said. It is also possible for your response to get to
> some sites
> before the original article.
> 
> Summarization is best done by including appropriate quotes from the
> original article. Do not include the entire article since it will
> irritate the
> people who have already seen it. Even if you are responding to the
> entire article, summarize only the major points you are discussing.
> 
> When Summarizing, Summarize!
> ----------------------------
> 
> When you request information from the network, it is common courtesy
> to
> report your findings so that others can benefit as well. The best way
> of
> doing this is to take all the responses that you received and edit
> them
> into a single article that is posted to the places where you
> originally
> posted
> your question. Take the time to strip headers, combine duplicate
> information, and write a short summary. Try to credit the information
> to
> the
> people that sent it to you, where possible.
> 
> Limit Line Length and Avoid Control Characters (including HTML!!)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Try to keep your text in a generic format. Many (if not most) of the
> people reading Usenet do so from 80 column terminals or from
> workstations
> with 80 column terminal windows. Try to keep your lines of text to
> less
> than 80 characters for optimal readability. If people quote part of
> your
> article in a followup, short lines will probably show up better, too.
> 
> Also realize that there are many, many different forms of terminals in
> use. If you enter special control characters in your message, it may
> result in
> your message being unreadable on some terminal types; a character
> sequence that causes reverse video on your screen may result in a
> keyboard lock
> and graphics mode on someone else's terminal. You should also try to
> avoid the use of tabs, too, since they may also be interpreted
> differently on
> terminals other than your own.
> 
> Use Mail, Don't Post a Follow-up
> --------------------------------
> 
> One of the biggest problems we have on the network is that when
> someone
> asks a question, many people send out identical answers. When this
> happens, dozens of identical answers pour through the net. Mail your
> answer to the person and suggest that they summarize to the network.
> This
> way the net will only see a single copy of the answers, no matter how
> many people answer the question.
> 
> Take a look at the whole book at :
> 
> http://nice.ethz.ch/Usenet/netiquette_engl.html
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Adam Geitgey
> Partner CSRA Web Design and Computer Consulting
> "Web Design for the Information Age"
> PGP Key upon request
> Email:  csrawebtech@qualityservice.com
> Web  :  http://csraweb.home.ml.org
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------


If you want to talk about common courtesy, why dont you fix your date?
I'm getting tired of trying to hunt for that last message that happens
to be at the bottom of my email. Please fix it.

Damien


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