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RULES FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND GENEALOGY CONFERENCE ON FIDONET
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Originating Domain : FidoNET
Echo-TAG : I&UK_GENE
Distribution : World-Wide
Conference Language : ENGLISH
Moderator : Rosemary Lockie, 2:253/188
Last updated : 29 September 1997
1. PURPOSE
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1.1 The purpose of the UK and IRELAND conference is to provide a forum
for the discussion of any matter relating to the Genealogy, Heraldic
and Family History of the peoples resident, or who have been resident
in the countries normally referred to as the BRITISH ISLES.
1.2 This area comprises the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Irish Republic, the Isle of Man, the Channel, Hebridean,
Orkney and Shetland Islands. Discussion of Family history matters
following emigration OUTSIDE these boundaries should take place in
the appropriate conference - eg AUS_GENEALOGY for Australian matters.
1.3 The only exception to this is when there is no such conference. The
smaller colonies such as Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, and the West
Indies are examples, together with countries in the former British
Empire such as India, and family history matters relating to these
countries may be discussed in this conference also.
1.4 The International Genealogy Conference (echotag GENEALOGY.EUR) is
also an appropriate forum for enquiries about, and discussion of
family history which crosses international boundaries.
2. GUIDELINES FOR GETTING THE BEST OUT OF THIS CONFERENCE
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2.1 When replying to a message please keep quotes from the message you
are replying to a minimum, as this will increase the chances of your
message being read by others. For example, a whole screenful of
quotes from a previous message means that the "Looking Over Your
Shoulder" (LOYS) brigade are more likely to skip to the next message
rather than press the page-down key to read yours, so it is to your
advantage to adhere to this guideline!
2.2 Real names MUST be used at all times. It helps also if your message
contains an indication of your whereabouts, but it is not essential.
Other routine "signatures" of more than two or three line of text
should be avoided unless listing surnames you are researching.
2.3 It is recommended, but not essential that you include SURNAMES you
are researching in CAPITALS. This enables the "speed-readers"
amongst us to pick them out at a glance from the main body of the
text. In addition please try to keep the SUBJECT of your message in
step with the content so those who scan by subject will be assisted
in picking out your message from amongst others.
2.4 Do not however write your whole message in CAPITALS. This is the
equivalent in electronic terms of SHOUTING, and can be very taxing to
read. Special consideration will however be given for the visually
impaired, if they can only deal with messages in upper case.
3. DISTRIBUTION
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3.1 This is an international conference in the sense that it is open to
anyone, anywhere in the world. The Moderator will NOT however be
responsible for providing for its connection to any particular BBS;
SysOps are therefore requested to consult their nearest uplink for
a source.
4. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING
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There is to be NO COMMERCIAL advertising in this Conference. This
shall not be construed to exclude fair comment by users of any
products which might be of assistance to Genealogists, Heraldic
Researchers or Family Historians, for instance shareware or
information on CDROM.
5. NETWORK AVAILABILITY, TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND GATING
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5.1 The Moderator welcomes any network that wishes to import/gate/export
I&UK_GENE, the only restrictions being:
5.2. FidoNET Technical Standards will apply in general, and in
particular where any conflict - due to differences - might arise,
FTSC standards will be paramount.
5.3. In the case where I&UK_GENE is gated to another network, as a
matter of courtesy, the gating SysOp should inform the I&UK_GENE
Moderator of any such gating.
6. RULES ABOUT RULES
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6.1 If in doubt, LEAVE MODERATING TO THE MODERATOR! It should be
noted however, that no message which is lawful, friendly, non-
commercial and related to genealogy, is likely to fall foul either
of any FidoNET rule, or of these conference rules.
6.2 If you do not agree to abide by these rules please do not use the
conference, nor (if you are a SysOp) permit anyone else to use it
via your system.
Rosemary Lockie - Moderator
Fidonet : 2:253/188
Email : rosemary@yacc.demon.co.uk