Dear list,
The following was in this week's edition of RootsWeb Review and I thought
it was appropriate to send on to the list. If you'd like to read the
entire edition, it will be available in the archives in a few days (issue
"Dec 28") at:
http://rwr.rootsweb.com/2005.html
Jackie
Volunteer Administrator
CALLAN mailing list & message board
1c. USING ROOTSWEB: Resolutions for 2006
Nora NEWLEAF has been using various resources at RootsWeb and over the
past year has been reminded on more than one occasion that she has not
been using them as effectively as she could be. So, Nora has decided to
make a few New Year's resolutions.
In using RootsWeb mailing lists, Nora resolves:
1). That should her e-mail address change, she will properly send an
unsubscribe request for all of her subscribed lists after requesting a list
of all lists from Password Central
(
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/) which she can access via the
Passwords tab in at the top of any RootsWeb page. She will send a new
e-mail from her old address while it is still valid, to
LISTNAME-L-request(a)rootsweb.com or LISTNAME-D-request(a)rootsweb.com
(replacing the generic word LISTNAME with the actual list name, of course).
Nora will then use her new e-mail address to send a subscribe request to
the same addresses listed above.
2). That should she wish to send a message to her lists that she feels is
important, but which might not fall within the subject matter for list
discussion, she will check with the list admin privately before
doing so. (She learned the hard way when she created havoc on a few of her
lists this past year by sending a message to everyone in her address book
including her lists about a virus warning.) She had been informed promptly
by the list administrator that she shouldn't have done this and that if she
had questions about what was allowed and not allowed on a list she could
contact that person privately by writing to:
LISTNAME-admin(a)rootsweb.com (replacing the word LISTNAME with the actual
name of the list).
3). To be polite to list members and not to send any "flame" e-mails. She
learned that in Internet language "flaming" is personally attacking
someone. Nora resolves to "cool off" before drafting a reply to any e-mail
that upsets her on a list.
4). To not reply to an improper list message when she sees one posted. She
has also learned not to quote any improper list messages in subsequent
responses. She vows to leave list management to the list administrator
rather than trying to step in and comment.
5). To think things through before posting a query on a list -- to be sure
she is including all pertinent data and making clear what information she
is seeking.
6). To reply to list posts that have been "gatewayed" from a corresponding
message board by clicking on the included link and replying on the board.
In using RootsWeb/Ancestry message boards, Nora resolves:
1). To find the most relevant message board (
http://boards.rootsweb.com)
for posting her message and post the message only on this board rather than
spamming her message across numerous boards. She learned this tactic is not
appreciated as the boards are universally searchable and if a message is
properly posted on one board, anyone can find it in a search of the boards
in the future.
2). To make proper use of the surname box and subject to show clearly the
focus of the message and to include only the surnames found in the message
properly formatted with each surname listed separated by a comma and space
-- not all the surnames she is researching.
3). To login under the account she uses for posting on the message boards
every time she plans to post a message so that she can make full use of the
capability to update her account information (including global e-mail
address updates) when needed.
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