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Message number 9860 in "FM-GENEALOGIE"
Date: 06-19-94 11:49
From: Denis Beauregard
To: Jack Williams
Subj: Re: Moderator
MSGID: 101:161/705.0 2e0468f4
I am the moderator in waiting someone more permanent take the task.
There is no specific rules (i.e. nothing that is shown each month
to tell what can be or not done). But, I prepared this summary:
So, you are porting the echo to 300 Fidonet nodes? Welcome everybody!
Bienvenue tout le monde!
1) Topics: any topic related to genealogy (request for information,
questions about software, new file announcements when they are
related to genealogy).
2) Language: messages must be basically in French for general
purposes (i.e. the FAQ, discussions about software or local
resources)
2a) Messages can be in other languages if they concern people with
some "Frenchness" like a French name or origin, people of places
within a French-speaking place (the main places from source of
messages by regular contributors are Quebec, France, then New
Brunswick and Belgium; from time to time, there are also requests
from Western Canada or USA or even other places, but I don't
remember of a message from Louisiana).
3) Format and network related rules. Usual rules apply: avoid reposting
a long message to add 1 line, but also when replying, quote enough
so that the reader will understand what is discussed.
Tagline shall be limited to 2 lines. But from time to time (i.e.
not in every message if someone is posting frequently), one can
indicate favorite families or marriages searched for a while.
4) Commercial use. One can announce new services or new versions
of software if they are related to genealogy. One can also
indicate why they do this or that in their software or a given
feature is good or bad. One could indicate strength and weakness
of his/her software or methodology. The problem is what is
advertising and what is information (there is a grey zone).
Also, when one or many sharewares/freeware/demo or data files
are uploaded to a public site (BBS or FTP or even GSDS), this
can be indicated. People can mention other's product (i.e.
I like this feature and the software XYZ has it. Don't forget
this kind of messages must be in French (see rule 2 and 2a).
The only exception would be announcing a French-speaking software
available in English. I presume the CD-ROM project of Yvon Cyr would
be acceptable but I prefer to translate it in French for the
benefits of the majority of readers.
5) Complaints. Until recently, on FrancoMedia, the animator (the one
who was the reference) was also the moderator, but in the new
organization, there are a few super-moderators that will check
for rules infringements. The only rules I checked were off-topical
discussions and over-advertising (i.e. while this is corrected now,
there was a time when each time someone asked for a software, a
producer suggested his own product, then another proposed, etc.;
I prefer using the FAQ for this purpose)
6) FM-Genealogie is relayed outside FrancoMedia BBSs. It is connected
to Internet (where it is the Newsgroup fr.rec.genealogie) and carried
by satellite and by WGA/IGA and some FidoNet BBSs (and 300 more from
your article!)
Denis, animator per interim
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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