Thanks for the reminder Jon. There was one time that I
can remember where I came down hard on another member
and wish that I had not done so. This was about 2 to 3
weeks ago. He was stating his opinion and I chastised
him for it. I appologize for this and will state that
this will not happen again from me.
Steven "dakotaviper" Beverly
--- Jon <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>
> 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 ------.
> | Affiliations: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA,
> USUA; Rec & UL Pilot - SEL |
> | '92 Ram 150 4x4 V8, '96 Dakota V8, '96 Intruder
> 1400, '96 FireFly 447 |
> `------------------------------------------
> http://www.jonsteiger.com ----'
>
>
>
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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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