I borrowed the following from Kathy Harrison, another List Administrator. I
am somewhat more lenient and will allow the occasional genealogy joke or
story, the occasional question about why someone posted something, but the
rest pretty much hold true. Especially flaming someone on the list.
Thanks for understanding,
Jenny Kernan
List Mom to 22 Surname Lists
Dear List members, I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas!
I am posting this to remind you that there will be many Newbies joining
the
lists after they get new computers for Christmas. Please keep this in
mind
when you see a post that appears on the list that indicates a very new
person
to the internet & genealogy.
1. Please NEVER send the following to any Rootsweb list:
Virus warnings ( I will do this privately if necessary- Rootsweb has a
virus filter
so that they don't get passed on to us by them)
Me, too" messages
Lost child messages
Broadcast off-topic messages that the sender has requested be
forwarded to
all lists.
2. Praise in public; criticize in private. If you do not like how someone
formats their message to the list, don't write to them on or off list to
tell
them ---that is up to me as the List manager and you must take it up
with
me
and not the other list member.
3. If you have a problem with any list, do *not* post a message about it
to
any list. Address it to LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb replacing
"LISTNAME" with
the
actual list name.
Or better yet, use the link provided on the specific List home page for
the
administrator and it will be sent to me, already indicating what list
that
you are writing to me about.
List members can do nothing to help solve your problems with the list (no
mail, can't unsub, strange error messages, can't post, etc.) and any
posting
to the list on such is unwelcome email to all other list members.
Opinions about how any list is managed or comments that are made about
the
List Administrator's rules, or messages to the list in this vein
will not
be
tolerated and means you will be removed from the list without
warning.
4. If you believe that the behavior of another list member is
inappropriate,
do *not* take the person to task *on* the list. Address such concerns
to
the
list manager, and it will be my thankless task to resolve it.
5. The topic of each list is listed on each individual list home page.
Everything else is "off-topic" If you have a matter you'd like to discuss
but
are not sure if it is "on topic", please check with the
list manager,
before
posting it.
The best place to check all lists that you are subscribed to is PASSWORD
CENTRAL -- Please do this before contacting me. In most cases this will
answer your question about whether or not you are still on the list.
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/
WE ARE NOT ALONE! Search archives of related mailing lists/boards/forums.
You
do not have to be subscribed. Listed in order of traffic in 12-98,
highly
subject to change. In/on each, you find people that you do not see on the
others. The small lists have good stuff, too. Expect some graffiti on the
unmoderated message forum boards.
Search any Rootsweb mailing list archives:
ENTER NAME OF ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST ARCHIVES TO BE SEARCHED
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl
You will need to "already know" the name of the list to be entered:
Rootsweb
mailing lists
http://lists.rootsweb.com/
If you would like to apply these same search procedures on all of the
USGenWeb archives (like the pension statements, wills and deeds we have
uploaded to county/state archives), you can do so here:
SEARCH THE USGENWEB ARCHIVES BY STATE
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm
Many blessings for a Happy New Year and may it bring you many new cousin
connections!
Make sure your SUBJECT line is appropriate for the message you post. DO
NOT just
hit the reply button! EDIT out the excess previous message except a
SMALL PORTION to remind others of the thread that you are replying to.