LL-L: "Administrativa" 28.JUN.2000 (03) [E]

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

Dear Lowlanders,

I am happy to welcome a few subscribers who joined us recently.  Welcome
all!  Some of them have already begun to post.  This, and also the fact
that some subscribers of longer standing still do not follow them, I am
reposting some of the rules of submitting postings to this List.

PLEASE READ THEM!

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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."

(4) 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, the sender, even if I did not write it.)

(5) IDENTIFY YOURSELF.  Anonymous postings are not permitted.  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
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 an other place within
the same posting.

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 and
will
have you resubmit it correctly -- which isn't the end of the world.  If the

mistake is not so bad, I'll correct it with the hope that you will get the
hint.

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.

(There are a few who have been with us for the entire 5 years since LL-L
took
its virgin voyage!)  You might also consider viewing a few back issues of
LL-L
in our archive (http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html).

This will give you a good idea as to what is expected.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

Best regards,

Reinhard "Ron" Hahn
Lowlands-L

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