Thank you and Amen! -----Original Message----- From: SURNAME-QUERY List Owner <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 2:46 AM Subject: Re: List if for learning, right?? >At 01:16 PM 9/7/98 -0500, Lon & T. Whisler wrote: >>Very Good Point!! I often wait for an answer to something and then >>never see it because of the strict rules. Usually if it is really important >>to me, I will email the person with the question, begging for them to >>forward me the answers they receive. But if they are as busy as I am, >>sometimes I never hear from them. It would be so much easier if we >>could all see the answers and then make the decision as to whether >>we want to read it or not. > >You make a good point in the last sentence; however, it ignores the >problem we are constantly faced with. If each and every reply came >back to the List, rather than to an individual, this would probable >cause the number of daily messages to increase 2- or 3-fold. There >are several things we COULD do to make it easier and more con- >venient for everyone, but let's face it, reality must overrule the ideal >situation most of the time. I COULD allow off-topic threads and even >"chit-chat"; lots of users would like that. I could stop insisting that >users use proper subject headers. RootsWeb COULD allow users >to send attachments or long messages over 15,000 bytes. You see, >lots of things COULD be allowed -- but they're not, for valid reasons. > >Some users may not like the way things are run here on this List, >but they just have to accept the fact that it's NOT going to change >and get on with their research instead of constantly griping and >sending these opposition views here to the List. I have said it before, >and I'll say it again, "IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE RULES AND WANT >TO DEBATE THEM, DO NOT DO SO ON THIS LIST." Send me >your comments, arguments, etc., via PRIVATE email, not back >here to the List. > >As to the Subject, "List is for learning, right?", the List is for >establishing >contacts for specific surname research. That and nothing more. > >Nuff said, >SgtGeorge >Listowner > > >==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >APPROPRIATE SUBJECT LINES: > In an effort to provide meaningful Subject: lines in posts to the > SURNAME-QUERY List, the Listowner asks you to try to adhere to the > following format: > > SURNAME, First MI;dates;places > > An example would look like this: > > BROWNING, Arthur C.;1795-1876;PA>VA>OH > > Users of this SURNAME-QUERY List do not download every day in order > to read each of the hundreds of posts. They are looking for certain > SURNAMES, on which they are doing research, or are willing to help > others with research of said SURNAMES. Therefore, if you do not > provide meaningful Subject: lines, chances are good that your posts > will be deleted without having been read. > > Also, the accepted standard in conducting genealogy research via > the Internet/Web is to spell all SURNAMES in CAPS. > > > >