I was never in the armed forces so I never learned to follow rules and regulations without question. When someone tells me to do something I like them to explain WHY I have to do it. The reason is probably not to use up storage space in the Archives etc. with unnecessary duplication. Maybe if you would explain to everyone why we need to follow the rules that you posted,everyone would understand why they are necessary. Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> To: "Lanark List Posting" <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:33 PM Subject: [Lanark] Notes From The Admin > The most common problem areas are as follows: > > 1. When replying to a post back to the list, the post you are replying to > needs to be edited leaving ONLY a brief portion of it directly pertaining > to > your reply. PLEASE NOTE - If the taglines (the bottom lines put on all > posts by RootsWeb) are still on the previous post, they need to be deleted > because the system will put another set on your own post causing > duplication. > > 2. Additionally to #1 above, editing the reply is doubly important for > those of you subscribing in digest format. Not only do you need to edit > the > digest when replying, but PLEASE also remember not to reuse the digest > subject line, and change it to something relative to the subject of your > reply. > > 3. Please stick to the list topic in all on-list postings. This is > pretty > self-explanatory, and in a few words the appropriate list topic is the > genealogy of Lanarkshire, Scotland. That covers a pretty broad spectrum > of > topics, but we still manage to stray off topic more often than we should. > > > > The three areas above seem to be the most common, but there are others. > If > we can make some progress in those areas alone, it will really make a big > difference. I know it seems to some that I am only being petty in even > mentioning this, and a couple of you have called me a "list dictator" (and > worse! L ) after having posts rejected, but on a list this large and > active > this causes problems most of you are unaware of, so PLEASE let's see if we > can return things back closer to what they should be. We do not live in a > perfect world, and this list will never be perfect in that respect either, > but we very much need to at least make some progress in that respect. > > > > > David E. Cann > lanark-admin@rootsweb.com > Admin of the Lanarkshire, Scotland > mailing list on RootsWeb > >

Frank, All three of the specific things mentioned (and many others not mentioned) are very commonly accepted practices on every RootsWeb list, and are part of something rather generically referred to as "list netiquette." Now, whether all lists in fact have the problems to the degree that we do here is another question, but on that note as I have already mentioned, with a list as busy and large as this one the problem is compounded by the sheer number of posts and quickly filling up the archives as you yourself mentioned. I believe I DID explain that, but I hope this answers the question. Now, please let this be the last discussion on the matter on the list, because it really is not a matter for discussion. As with all things, rules are made for the overall good of all, or in this case for the good of the list itself, and I thank one and all for your cooperation in this regard. David E. Cann lanark-admin@rootsweb.com Admin of the Lanarkshire, Scotland mailing list on RootsWeb List information: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Frank McGonigal Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 7:48 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Notes From The Admin I was never in the armed forces so I never learned to follow rules and regulations without question. When someone tells me to do something I like them to explain WHY I have to do it. The reason is probably not to use up storage space in the Archives etc. with unnecessary duplication. Maybe if you would explain to everyone why we need to follow the rules that you posted,everyone would understand why they are necessary. Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada. <snip>