What of Humor that has been looked at for eg. Yesterday's instance ( the unsubscribe ) ? would that be considered a thread hijack? On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Timothy Mutugi <timothymutugi@gmail.com>wrote:
noted, thanks.
On 8/10/11, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
The skunkworks list brings together the technology community in Kenya and beyond. The subscribers to the list have diverse background. Participation in the list, like participation in any community, requires a common basis for communication.
These basic rules of etiquette hopefully will help keep our communications civil and useful.
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**** What constitutes inappropriate posting? ****
-> Personal Attacks, discrimination based on race, tribe, age, or anything really are frowned upon and not allowed.
-> Obscenities are not allowed.
-> Thread hijacks are not allowed.
-> Spam is not allowed. Unsolicited marketing of products is not allowed. Products can only be mentioned in response to requests for information/products/service
-> We have people of many different backgrounds on the list. What may seem as idle humor to one, may be offensive to another, we need to be cognizant of everyone's diversity.
-> A professional tone would help.
**** What is proper etiquette when composing new messages ****
-> Not everyone on the list uses a high speed connection to read mail. If you need to include the contents of a file, it would be prudent to put that information on a website somewhere (use the Skunkworks Bulletin Board (( http://my.co.ke/phpbb) for instance) and paste the URL within your message.
-> Please format your message so that it is legible, and PLEASE DO NOT SHOUT!!!!!
-> Many of us do not have English as our first language, so let us avoid criticizing each other for spelling or grammatical errors.
-> For OFF TOPIC messages, please use the Skunkworks Bulletin Board ( http://my.co.ke/phpbb). The list is meant for technology related discussions, so anything else is OFF TOPIC.
**** What is proper etiquette when replying to existing messages ****
-> Please include relevant text from the original message. Condense the message to a size that does not lose the gist of the original message.
-> Consider using some means to identify which text came from the original message from your text. Many of us prepend the “>” to the original message, which makes it more legible.
-- With Regards,
Phares Kariuki
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