OT: Newsgroup Guidelines and Etiquette

As one of those who have had their share of "bad experiences" in this
particular newsgroup, I'm posting the links to Borland Regulations and
quoting points which I personally find to be the most important, in hopes
that some of the people who are often seeking confrontation would take a few
minutes to think about the meaning of those Guidelines and the Etiquette.

* Borland Newsgroups Guidelines:
http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/guide.html

Point (5): "Do not advocate or engage in unlawful activities."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy

Point (7): "Do not post anything that is libelous, abusive, hateful, an
invasion of anyone's privacy, harmful to other users, or harmful to the
business interests of Borland. We would like our newsgroups to be a place
where people of all ages and cultures may participate so we ask you to
please refrain from using coarse language in your posts as it could be
considered grounds for cancellation."

* Borland Newsgroup Etiquette:
http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/netiquette.html

Point (7): "Stay on topic. When you post a reply to a message ask yourself,
"Does the subject line describe the contents of my message?" If the answer
is no, you probably want to revise your message or modify the subject.
Modifying the subject helps other members of the newsgroup determine if your
message or thread has information of interest to them."

Point (8): "Move off-topic discussions to e-mail. Often a technical thread
will evolve into a friendly chat on some other, unrelated topic. This is
good because it's part of what makes these newsgroups a community. When the
discussion has moved away from the original topic to the point that it is
likely no longer of interest to the greater community, please move the
conversation to e-mail."

Point (10): "Write conservatively, read forgivingly. Communication in a pure
text medium, such as a newsgroup, is prone to misunderstanding, often due to
the lack of non-verbal cues such as inflections, facial expression and body
language. Given this, it is best to be conservative with expressions of
anger and sarcasm when writing. When reading, assume good intent; if a
message can be taken two ways, assume the friendliest meaning."

Point (12) "Remember, your words will last a long time. With news archiving
services, the whole world can read your words, long after you have written
them. Think twice about what you say."

Everyone is welcome to reply with their own comments,
quotes and/or experiences from Borland Newsgroup.

Best Regards,
Danijel Tkalcec


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