Hello ROSS!

16 Nov 05 07:17, you wrote to ALL:

 RS> 1. Who is the moderator here?

 RS> 2. What are "da rulz?"

Answer to question 1 at bottom, answer to question 2 is next.

RULES
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Last Revised: 03/29/2005

The CROSSFIRE echo is meant for the dissemination of news articles and
items dealing with past or current events or happenings. Political
discussion and discourse will naturally follow. The posting of news
articles from any source is not a requirement to participate in topical
discussions in this echo or to initiate new topics or threads.

POLITICS are a tricky thing to discuss, patience and understanding are a
good thing to have when discussing it, right, left, center, not everyone is
the same.

[The Basics]

When posting a article of interest, do not post without including or
following it with some commentary, there has to be a reason why it caught
your eye, so tell us about it.. However, as you enclose a remark or
explaination, dont start it off with a negative tone, do remember,
everything has a opposite.

When posting articles, do remember that many users are utilizing QWK or
BLUEWAVE offline message readers which often have line length limitations,
if you encounter a rather long article, either break it into several
smaller messages or just post the introduction paragraph and then provide
us with the URL address the whole article can be viewed at.

When posting OP-ED articles, do remember that that is what they are,
opinions, and that just like you, the author has a right to an opinion.

Users wishing to post news articles are encouraged to seek out and use RSS
readers/news aggregators, these are programs that use RSS "Real Simple
Syndication", in short the news headlines comes to you and you can then go
to the appropriate site to view the entire article. Most sites and blogs
have RSS feeds, there are a myriad of RSS programs out there, many are
freeware. Google on the term "RSS Readers".

When posting articles, please make sure you format or reformat it so its
easily digestible by everyones readers.

As you discuss issues and topics, you are not forbidden to but are
discourage from revealing intimate details about yourself, family or life
outside of computing, it often opens the door to flame attacks, attacks on
your character and credibility, every door openned is your own, be careful
but be warned.

[Decorum]

Unfortunately, some will flame, be flamed or "feel" flamed, its how you
respond to them is what counts, ignore the person or ignore the flame.
Politics are a passionate topic for all those who take the time to discuss
it. Having said that, this does not make it ok to flame, this is not a
flame echo, take flames to MATZDOBRE or other suitable echo, or in private
or hold your tongue. This is an acknowledgement that some discussions will
be or can be heated.

If your sole purpose is to flame, go away.

This is a REAL NAMES only echo, no handles or aliases, if you use one, your
real name must be posted in the header, footer or signature lines of your
messages. Exceptions will be made for those who might elect to use a
automated program to post news articles of interest. The Moderators reserve
the right to use appropriate handles to post moderator messages, these
rules and other items pertaining to echo business.

Topic drift is natural and wont be discouraged so long as it stays within
reason.

MODERATOR BAITING is not allowed, the moderators reserve the right to
publicly acknowledge or determine that which is or is not a flame or other
rule violation. This means that publicly addressing messages to a moderator
or otherwise pleading to the moderator to take some sort of action against
another for a real or imagined rule infraction is forbidden. Such requests
must be done privately either in netmail or e-mail. There is a vast
difference between being an adult or a crybaby.

Leave the moderating to the moderators and see above.

The moderators reserve the right to enforce rules not outlined in this
document to maintain echo decorum or to change these rules without notice.

Your moderators are:

Ross Cassell
Fidonet: 1:123/500 or 1:123/456
 E-Mail: rcassell{at}gmail.com

Alan Hess
Fidonet: 1:261/1000
 E-Mail: Unknown

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