Re: List etiquette (was Re: Tired of crap on the list...)

["frank n. furter" <wasserbox@yahoo.com>]

Me Too!



--- Jon Auringer <J.Auringer@astronautics.com> wrote:
> On 26 Mar, Brett Van Sprewenburg wrote:
>  
> > Gotta agree with Kevin here.  I like the idea of
> this being a community
> > of people, with common interests.  Within reason,
I
> like seeing the
> > occasional non-100% on topic post from people.
> 
> I think non Scirocco posts are not a bad thing as
> long as they may
> have interest to more then a couple of people. If
you
> have a "smart
> remark" that only a couple of people will understand
> or appreciate,
> why not just mail it to those people. Please
consider
> what value
> your comments have to the list in general.
> 
> It seems as though most people don't mind general VW
> questions.
> After all, the cars are all very similar in design
> and many issues
> we deal with can be cross platform. Since Scirocco
> owners seem to
> generally be "car" people, I don't think occasional
> discussions of
> other makes are a problem. I can see where VW owners
> might be
> interested in moving to or adding more luxury
> oriented cars (Audi,
> BMW, etc.) or more performance oriented cars
> (Porsche, BMW, etc.)
> and would like some information on them. What do you
> think? 
> 
> As far as the bogus security/privacy warnings that
> pop up. Please
> try to get some verification before spreading this
> garbage. If you
> can't find verification on the Web, try to find an
> individual or two
> that you trust and ask them about it. The odds of
> finding something
> truly newsworthy, that everyone hasn't already seen,
> is very slim.
> 
> As long as we are discussing this stuff, I wish to
> point out another
> thing that many people on this list don't seem to
> understand.
> Scirocoo-l is a mailing list. Every piece of mail
> sent to the list
> is sent to every member of the list. When you reply
> to a previous
> post, everyone has already seen the previous post.
> There is
> absolutely no reason to quote the entire thing.
> Especially if you
> intend to say nothing more than "me to" or "I
agree"!
> If you are
> replying to a point that someone has made, please
> just quote the
> couple of sentences where that point was made. It
> makes your reply
> much more clear and more likely to be read and
> appreciated.
> 
> Also, I know my grammar and spelling are not the
best
> in the world,
> but I do try to make my writing clear for my
> audience. I find it
> hard to rely on information presented by someone
that
> doesn't take
> the time to proof-read and run a spell check against
> their writing.
> I have to wonder how much care they put into the
> information they
> are providing.
> 
> Just my thoughts on the subject.
> 
> Later,
> 	Jon
> 
> -- 
> Jon Auringer
> J.Auringer@astronautics.com
> 
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Mark

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v

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