discuss Etiquette {was => Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Job Searching}

[Rick Cook]

On Tuesday 13 November 2001 09:40, MadHat wrote:
> At 07:09 AM 11/13/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >>I am going to say this one more time,
> >
> I a_ the list moderator and I do have the authority to say what is and is
> not allowed on the list (though I now try not to step in unless
> necessary).  Please understand I let this go for a long time but it is
> completely off topic and I am getting complaints about it.  So drop it.
>

Just for the record, MadHat is the list administrator.

The NTLUG discuss mailing list is unmoderated, however, in the admittedly 
terse mailing list description, it does state:

	"This list is for discussing Linux or NTLUG related topics."

As a matter of list etiquette, everyone should attempt to keep all postings 
within the bounds of this description. MadHat, as list administrator for 
discuss, has the authority (and responsibility) to determine what does and 
does not conform to that description. Once he has made that determination and 
published it to the list, please honor his decision. 

Everyone should also understand that there is nothing personal in the 
selection of the message that MadHat "replies" to when he publishes his 
determination that a thread is "nonconforming".  It is most likely a case of 
being "the straw that broke the camel's back".

In the future, if there is a question about someone's authority to act on any 
of the NTLUG mailing lists, please consult the "listinfo" page for that 
mailing list. For example, if you go to:

	http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

you will notice at the bottom of the page:

	Discuss list run by madhat at unspecific.com

You should consider the listinfo page as the NTLUG sanctioned source  
defining the authorized administrator for each mailing list.


Now play nice...

Rick Cook