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From: Diane Welles <>
Subject: Re: [DK] List Guidlines
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 10:39:54 -0800
References: <3.0.6.32.20030204114316.0089ed10@earthlink.net>


Concerning proper and appropriate procedures: If you do not receive any form of
reply to a question or request for assistance and you are uncertain if anyone has
seen or received question or request; is it appropriate to resend, reword or forget
about it?
Thank you, Diane

Rockne Johnson wrote:

> Here are a few guidelines for posting messages to the DENMARK list. (There
> may be others.)
>
> 1. Choose a uniquely appropriate Subject. A word like "Translation" or two
> words like "Need help" may be appropriate but are hardly unique.
>
> 2. If you change the subject then change the Subject line.
>
> 3. In writing the text of the message, repeat any necessary information
> stated in the subject line. The text should be complete in itself and
> shoud not require a "lookup" to see what it is talking about.
>
> 4. When replying to a previous message, append at least the latest in the
> thread of messages to which you are replying. Delete such earlier messages
> (and taglines) as are not required for a reader of your message to get the
> context.
>
> 5. Please, to the best of your ability, use proper capitalization,
> punctuation, spelling and grammar. Not only does this increase the
> pleasure that one may find in reading your message, it should make it
> easier for others than your fellow countrymen to understand. The entire
> system of punctuation, etc., was developed, surprisingly recently, to
> improve understanding. (Computers may not care about capitalization but
> 'understanding' was never one of their strong points.)
>
> 6. Avoid abbreviations including those for the U. S. states. CA can mean
> Canada as well as California. WA can mean Western Australia as well as
> Washington. Some of us remember when the abbreviation for Washington was
> WN (as well as Wash.).
>
> 7. When writing Danish words try to use the Danish characters, æ, ø, and å
> (or aa). Methods for producing these are discussed in the FAQ page to
> which a link can be found at the end of every list message delivered in
> Mail (not Digest) mode:
> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~svendsen/FAQ/>;
>
> 8. Proof read what you have written.
>
> Rock
>
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