LL-L: "Administrativa" LOWLANDS-L, 08.APR.2001 (06) [E]

Sun Apr 8 18:56:50 UTC 2001

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Administrativa

Dear Lowlanders,

I reposted the rules for posting submissions only four days ago.  Since
then I have received several submissions that break these rules, so I am
under the impression that some of you do not bother to read the rules and
happily keep on breaking.  Please read and follow the rules, for I will
reject without notification any submissions by repeat offenders.  The most
frequent mistakes are these:

* Not giving the poster’s full name
* Sending submissions with attachments
  (I will not open attachments, no matter from whom they are, and I
  most certainly will not pass them on to the List.)
* Insufficient editing of quotes (See below)

Below are the rules yet again.  I expect everyone to read and follow them.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW THESE RULES:

(1) KEEP DISCUSSIONS RELEVANT.  Please remember that we deal with the
"Lowlands" area.  This is not synonymous with "Germanic" but excludes
German,
Luxemburgish and the North Germanic languages (Scandinavian, Icelandic and
Faroese).  It is perfectly fine to mention these related languages, and any

other languages and their cultures for that matter, especially wherever
there
are parallels or connections that are useful in understanding topics that
are
within our main subject area.  However, the focus must remain on the
Lowlands
languages and cultures.  It is all right to sidestep within a discussion,
as
long as the discussion returns to the original focus.  However, this should

not be seen as an excuse to start a new, extraneous subject line.

(2) KEEP SUBJECTS SEPARATE.  Do not submit a single posting in which more
than
one topic is discussed.  ("Topic" equals "subject line".)  This also
applies
when you respond to other people's postings.

(3) STICK TO THE SUBJECT TITLE.  If you start an entirely new discussion,
you
are welcome to create your own subject title.  I may or may not adopt that
title.  (The more general the title is the better is the chance that I'll
adopt it; otherwise I'll generalize it.)  If you respond or add to previous

postings in an already existing subject line, please use the already
existing
title of that discussion threat as your subject heading. For instance, if
the
current title is "Language varieties" and you respond to what someone wrote

about vowels in Flemish dialects, don't choose something like "Long o and u
in
the dialects of Southern Flanders and speech habits of young Belgians" as
your
subject heading; stick to "Language varieties," if you like it or not. This

facilitates sorting submissions at my end.  If I feel that the discussion
has
changed or a new discussion has branched off an existing one, it is *my*
job
to give it a new title.

(4) EDIT QUOTES.  When you reply to what someone else has written, don't
just
hit the reply button and write your reply before or after the quoted text.
EDIT OUT WHATEVER IS NOT ESSENTIAL, most definitely the LL-L masthead and
footer.  (They are going to stay, for good reasons.)  Also, don't do what
some
do: they follow this rule nicely until they run out of things to say, and
then
they let the rest of the quoted text dangle behind their "signature."

(5) GIVE CREDIT.  Don't forget to say who the writer of the text is to
which
you are responding.  (When you hit the reply button your system most likely

credits me or "Lowlands-L," the sender, even if I did not write it.)

(6) IDENTIFY YOURSELF.  Anonymous postings are not permitted and will be
ignored.  Readers must be able to see who wrote a posting.  Many people
have
automatic "signatures;" they are great, as long as they are not attached.
(No
attachments allowed!)  Otherwise, your name must appear either with your
email
address or at the end of your contribution.  It is all right to have your
surname appear in one place and your given name in another place within the

same posting.

(7) DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS.  Attachments (i.e., attached documents or
pictures), including signature attachments, are unacceptable.  The list
server
strips most attachments off submissions and would probably remove the rest
during final distribution if I did not remove them already.  Anyway,
sending
attachments without prior approval from recipients is a big no-no in
"netiquette."  So, please put everything you wish to convey inside your
email
submissions.

By all means, please feel free to submit postings to LL-L, even if you have

never done so before.  If you make a gross mistake, I'll tell you so
privately
and will have you resubmit it correctly before anyone else sees it -- which

isn't the end of the world. If the mistake is not so bad, I'll correct it
once
or twice in the hope that you will get the hint eventually.

If you have never posted but are considering getting into it, it's a good
idea
to watch the "masters," the "old hands" or "veterans" on LL-L, namely those

subscribers who contribute frequently and have been around for a long time
(a
handful of them since the very beginning in 1995!) Good luck, and keep us
posted!

Reinhard "Ron"
Hahn Lowlands-L

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