Thanks very much Jon.
The Adam Blaster
>
>
> Regrettably, it has become nescessary for me to add a section to
>the DML Rules/Ettiquite document. It is posted to the list monthly,
>or is available anytime at:
>
> http://www.dakota-truck.net/rules.html
>
> The section I have added appears at the end of this message.
>I'm not going to name names or anything, all I ask is that everyone
>please think about what you're posting before you hit that "send"
>button. Hopefully we can increase the signal to noise ratio and
>never need to mention this again. ;-) We now return to your regularly
>scheduled programming...
>
>
> -Jon-
>
> .---- Jon Steiger ----- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@twistedbits.net
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>SEL |
> | '92 Ram 150 4x4 V8, '96 Dakota V8, '96 Intruder 1400, '96 FireFly 447
> |
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> Flames, Bickering, And Other Such Nonsense:
>
> Three words: DON'T DO IT! More words: If you feel the need to get
>into a fightin' match with another DMLer, please do so via private e-mail.
>There are about a thousand other DMLers who could care less about your
>particular squabble. Plus, posts from the DML are archived for all
>eternity
>and viewable by hundreds of millions of web surfers. The DML as a whole
>has traditionally been quite good in this regard, but as our numbers grow,
>naturally, the intimate nature of the list can start to deteriorate
>somewhat. I don't think it necessarily HAS to be this way though, and
>I'd really prefer if non-constructive posts of this nature were not spewed
>across the list. Like I mentioned before, I'm not preventing you from
>continuing your squabble, just please do it via private e-mail. I don't
>like having to police the list, but I'm not going to let a vocal minority
>screw up the list for everyone else, so if I have to resort to warnings
>and bans, I will. How do you know if a thread is getting out of control?
>Just think real hard before you send something out. Is your post a
>rational
>one, based on facts, or is it full of personal attacks? Even if it is
>rational, if we've heard it a million times before and all its doing is to
>further a pointless argument, why post it again? A REALLY good clue is if
>you notice other DMLers replying to the posts with messages along the lines
>of "please take this off list", or "stop this", its best to comply and take
>it to private e-mail. Thanks! :-)
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