Kudos to Mr. Newell!
Steven Newell wrote:
>Kai and friends, I'll breaking a personal rule to post on the flaming
>TR6 exhaust thread. My seven year old is starting to use email and I
>share some Triumph messages with him. In a couple years he'll likely be
>subscribed himself. I'm usually proud to have been part of this online
>community for long enough to recognize the winter trend towards ugly
>threads. But I'm embarassed to think I might have to set up filters for
>him in what ought to be a safe forum of friends. I'd rather he learn bad
>language from The Simpsons than from this list.
>
>I recently joined a Mercedes email list that has incredible volume and
>allows off-topic posts -- yet somehow they manage to maintain an
>admirable level of civility and friendship. Partly it's because the
>founder/admin ends threads that are going bad, and he kicks
>rule-breakers off immediately. I've cut-and-pasted below the rules that
>help keep that list worth reading even with around 100 mostly off-topic
>messages a day. They're not Triumph list rules but I kind of wish they
>were. Kai and Randall, I hope you'll both give them some thought and
>remember #9 for Ben's sake. Thanks.
>
>Steven Newell
>Littleton, CO
>'62 TR4, '66 Volvo 122S estate, '76 MB 240 x 2, '71 MB 250C
>
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> From http://business.baylor.edu/Richard_Easley//mercedes/listrules.html
>
>4. No flaming of any kind. This does not mean kidding around with
>others, which is encouraged. The quick flip of a one liner here and
>there provides regular members a great laugh. The reparth of the past
>was one of the best parts of other lists in which we have been
>participants. In essence, we're friends on this list with a common
>denominator being MB automobiles
>
>5. No profanity. This includes such things as "fillers" (e.g., fil***s,
>using the previous word as an example) which convey the intended word.
>
>6. Fraudulent, harassing or obscene messages and/or materials are not to
>be sent to the list.
>
>9. Finally, the "family" filter. We want list members to be able to show
>messages from this list to anybody. Our desire is that your spouse,
>daughter, son, mother, or father will be able to read any of the
>messages from this list and not be embarrassed at the content. The mores
>and ethics of life are quite well understood by most people.
>Resultingly, most of the information above is redundant to most
>potential subscribers to this list. We hope to have one of the best
>"electronic coffee rooms" of individuals on the Internet, united by a
>common denominator (Mercedes-Benz automobiles) and bonded together by
>mutual respect. Need some tech info? Pose a question to our list or
>check the archive. Need a giggle? Then drop in, have a cup, read a few
>and back to work.
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