| From: | "Wow, Reality. That's a switch" <MHILLIARD@****.ALBION.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: ADMIN: Formating |
| Date: | Tue, 4 Oct 1994 03:38:26 -0500 |
>I will not enumerate, have not been following them. Starting as of now,
>I shall be notifying anyone who's post fall outside of these guildlines.
>You shall have three chances to get things correct. If you fail, you will
>be deleted from the list. If you have any questions about the following
>guidelines please inquire to Plot-D or to myself directly at <Carter@***.EDU>.
THANK YOU!
I keep logs of certain storylines, and the lack of format is a real headache
for me. What follows is probably unnecessarily harsh, but I just finished
debugging 600+ lines of shadowtk material, with corrections almost on
every &%$@*** line.
>GUIDELINES FOR POSTING
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
To add a few notes:
>A. Formatting Guidelines and Justifications
> 1. Why Format Correctly?
> Proper formatting of messages to Shadowtk is important for
> several reasons. First of all it helps sustain the illusion
> of a Shadowrun BBS. Secondly, it allow for ease of reading
> for your fellow list members. Lastly, it makes it easier for
> the listowner and all other people who are keeping logs to
> format them in a consistant manner.
Plus, we will find you and hurt you if you don't
-=--=-=-=-=-=-=
> -- ID < Time / Date >
This is where a lot of my headaches come from.
More specifically, it's
-- ID < hh:mm:ss/mm-dd-yy >
NOT:
-- ID(hh:mm:ss/dd-mm-yy)
or -ID <hh-mm-ss/mm.dd.yy>
to name some of the more pronounced offenses
Everybody got it?
> ID = Your fictional LTG identification. This ID should be
> preceeded by eight spaces, two dashes (--), and two spaces.
This's where most of the rest of my headaches come from. EIGHT spaces, not
none, or 12, or 32, or 115!
> Time = The time of the post in 24hr format (ie, hh:mm:ss)
> Date is posted in MM-DD-YY format.
NOT Day-month. And don't forget the zeros those first nine days of the
month!!! Or, for that matter, the first nine months of the year!!!
BTW, the European format is dd-MON-yy
for example, today is 03-OCT-94, and my birthday is 23-MAR-73
(Mark it down, and send me presents!) =}
...hey, is there an official position on using the Euro format?
>NOTE: There are some industrious "deckers" that alter the
> time-date stamp into saying something else. While this can be fun,
> It is generally accepted that only VERY expert deckers can do this.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU!!!!!
Where exactly did a lunatic toxic shaman, for one, learn to do this?
Admittedly, this problem is not as bad as it used to be.
One more pet peeve: BUY A $#@& DICTIONARY!! The level of spelling and grammar
on this board would shame a 5th-grader.
There, Their, and They're are not interchangable! Neither are its and it's!
ONE SPACE after a comma or period, not two!
I COULD go on.
Mike Knabusch, the guy who collected a database of all your addresses
and phone numbers, lives right down the hall from me, and we spend a
lot of time cruising the datalines together. The point, you ask?
I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE.
Slainte'!
Phelan
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