Our Guidelines

From: "The Choquettes" <mbchoqu@VGERNET.NET>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Mon
11 Mar 2002 10:38:05 -0500

Check out guideline #2. (This is only a section of the
FAQ found at www.creednet.com)
 
Welcome to the Creed discussion list
(creed-discuss)FAQ.

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Q: Are there any rules or guidelines I need to know about the
Creed list?

A: Good question. We are strong believers in freedom of
speech  and would like to keep this list unmoderated.
However, if people post whatever they feel like that has no
Creed related content, then the list becomes a burden for most
people who are here to discuss the band. We ask that you make
an effort to keep discussions Creed related. Generally speaking,
think before you post something to the list. Ask yourself whether
you would get up in front of an audience of hundreds of people
and read it to them. As the list administrators, we have a duty to
keep the list a pleasant place for Creed fans. Therefore there are
a few things that you should not post to the list; doing so may
result in being removed from the list at our discretion:

1. No chain letters. This includes almost any piece of mail
asking you to forward it to as many of your friends as possible.
These are often requests to help some poor dying child by
granting their wish that they receive the most emails ever and
the Red Cross will donate money for every email sent. This
story (and all stories like it) are hoaxes. You're welcome to
believe it if you want, but don't post those messages to the list!
Also, please do not post virus warnings or SPAM of any sort.

2. Threatening or abusive flames of people will not be tolerated.
Keep that to personal email! Flames of people's opinions are fine
(feel free to attack an idea or opinion, but not the person).

3. No posting of any binary attachments, which include pictures
(bmp, jpg, gif etc.) and audio files. These posts will be rejected
by the list server.

4. Do not forward private emails to the list without the original
author's consent.

5. Make your messages count. Subscribers aren't here to read
witty, one line, musically irrelevant comments to some thread.
Try to trim quoted passages as best you can, and avoid posting
in anything other than plain text. Posting wholly in HTML is
unacceptable, since many subscriber's email windows will not
display it properly. Sigs (signatures) are of course, acceptable,
but should not be longer than the last essay you wrote for English
class.
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