Netiquette on H-F?

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 > From: Bonita Stephens 
 > 
 > If one would like to read properly formed studies and essays there are
 > many many sites by which to do this.  When one is typing many mistakes
 > can be made and not all have the experience to write as some may
 > prefer.  This site is for all without judgment or at least that was my
 > understanding.  Would Jesus or did Jesus limit those that were not as
 > eloquent as the others?
 
The idea of revising the netiquette document has been tossed around by we moderators. I am not saying you do not need to make mistakes, but there are ways you can avoid mistakes.

Let me open up the discussion among ourselves of what do you think we need for guidelines on this list. I will repost some of the most violated netiquette rules and look for participation from a broad number of those on this list.

 >   3.  Have you captured more of the original post than is necessary?
 >  
 > If the first original word of your response isn't on the first page of
 > your post, you've got a problem.  Don't quote someone else's entire
 > post to reply to it.  Simply copy the relevant parts.  Many mailers
 > have a function that will automatically copy the entire post putting in
 > the ">"s for you.  Use this function with caution, and if you do use
 > it, delete the irrelevant lines.  It's annoying to have to page down
 > about 4 times before you can read any fresh material.  It also takes up
 > precious disk space because it makes your post larger.
 > 
 >   4.  Is the title of your post consistent with the subject therein?
 > 

It seems self explaining, and yet seems to happen a lot. 

The subject of making typing errors crops up. This is dealt with in the netiquette document as well. 

 >   9.  Has the message been spell-checked for errors?
 > 
 > Sometimes, the thought-finger coordination doesn't produce perfectly
 > spelled documents sent to the list.  We've all endured our share of
 > typographical errors in reading and writing.  Is there a spell checking
 > function built into the emailing program?  Or could the document be
 > produced and then checked by invoking an spelling utility?  It might be
 > in your best interest to find out.  Spelling errors imply that the
 > composer may seem to be ... "not smart." I realize, that in all cases
 > this isn't possible.  But I can only think that correcting the spelling
 > errors by re-reading the message before resending it can only help.
 > I've heard that a good way to do that is to read the document from
 > bottom to top while reading left to right.  That might make you look
 > harder at what was just written so you might not miss anything.
 > 

If you do not have a mail client that you can use, then the use of a word processor and multi-tasking is recommended. By opening up the word processor and the mail window, you can highlight all the text in the WP bye selecting CTRL-A, then copy to the clipboard by selecting CTRL-C. Then hit the tab key while holding the alt key down and you can easily switch to your web browser, if you have web based mail, or your mail client. CTRL-V will paste what you have in the clipboard. 

An archived list shows a greater need to spell check and to use good grammar. Now if you go way back in the archives and start browsing along, you will find we are a varied bunch indeed. And I have made my share of posts sent without hitting the spell checker.

 > 
 >  13.  Does your post repeatedly bash another's opinions, integrity, or
 >       intelligence?
 > 

Many of the subjects we bring up quickly polarize others to one opinion or another. The recently discussed Tithes, and Pastorial Authority is proof postitive of this.