Take An Extra 30 Seconds

[Guest guest]

Hi All

When sending a new message to the group, please remember to type in a

Subject. Keep it relevant to the post you are sending. When replying

to another's post, if the content no longer matches the subject line,

please update the subject to reflect the current post’s contents.

As it states on our home page – do not send in political posts. This is

an international group and political posts usually result in insults and

flames.

Avoid posting religious quotes and scriptures – regardless of their

religion of origin. Not everyone on this group shares your beliefs. Do

not sign your posts with religious phrases. We have members from many

religious and non religious backgrounds. What may sound like a blessing

to you may very well be an insult to someone else.

When replying to someone else’s post, please take time to trim the

excess material from the old post. Delete the advertisements and tags

that Yahoo adds to each post. Also delete the parts of the old post

that are not needed. Do not re-post everything that the previous writer

wrote -- just keep the two or three sentences that are relevant to

your reply.

The easiest way to understand these requests is to look at the

formatting in the replies sent to the group by other members. Excess

old Yahoo material has been removed and the previous poster’s email has

been edited down to the essentials. Just follow that format and you’ll

do fine.

New members are cut some slack, as they learn the basic posting

etiquette. After a couple of weeks though, if a member refuses to

follow the rules, her/his posts will either be sent back for editing, or

they will be deleted.

This is an inclusive, international group. Please think of others when

you type. We want what you write to be available to all readers.

Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info. I appreciate all the time the moderators spend on this

board and I know I have been guilty. Often, I do not write because the pain is

too great. But I will keep these rules in mind.

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> Hi All

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> When sending a new message to the group, please remember to type in a

> Subject. Keep it relevant to the post you are sending. When replying

> to another's post, if the content no longer matches the subject line,

> please update the subject to reflect the current post's contents.

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