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RULES FOR GEN_TAFEL FIDONET ECHO
Revised March 03, 1995
PURPOSE
The purpose of the GEN_TAFEL message echo is to provide a forum
for submitting, viewing, and/or discussing genealogical ancestor table
information. SysOps and BBS users are encouraged to provide as much
information (in tiny tafel format) to this message echo as possible in
order to promote research; provide names of individuals who are doing
research on similar surnames during similar timeframes in the same
general location.
MESSAGE RULES
Messages in this echo must conform with standard rules whereby messages
which contain inflammatory information (flames), personal information, any
personal attacks, and deliberate lack of topic (e.g. - For Sale in this
echo), any of which may be construed as annoying to one or more persons
will result in serious consideration for or actual removal of the source
node from the echo. This echo will be monitored by the moderator, Mike Young
of OGS*Kintracers, 1:250/305.
Messages should be in English if possible, but there are no general
restrictions on language. Tafel information should be provided in the
standard TT file format. Messages should be kept to an absolute minimum,
but are not strictly discouraged. Keep in mind that other echoes are
available for any associated query internationally. Also, there is
no mandatory requirement to receive this echo, so queries in the echo
may never reach their intended target.
MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION
Submitted tafel information is available for free distribution by any
means unless the submitter expressly prohibits the transfer. By this we
mean that the tafels may be collected together by any party and distributed
in any means, including publication, electronic transmission and on media
such as diskette and CD Rom. The intent is for the data to be as widely
distributed as possible. BBS's are encouraged to collect the data for
downloading or local searching on their systems. We do NOT however suggest
that you include this data in any TMS database as TMS is designed to work for
tiny tafels entered directly to your system by local callers.
INTERNATIONAL MESSAGES
This is a worldwide echo in and as such, the echo may concern tafels
submitted by persons in any country in the world. Note that this is
tafel oriented echo, and messages should concern Tiny Tafels specifically.
MAKING CONTACT WITH OTHERS REGARDING TINY TAFELS
This echo is established to permit anyone to submit and/or discuss
tafel information. The moderator promotes discussions about surname
related information. You will not have constant reminders to take messages
that are not tafels to another echo.
COMMERICIALISM AND COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING
The moderator neither expressly forbids nor promotes commercialism or
related commercial advertising, but certainly promotes the idea that such
materials should be brief and one-time. General announcements regarding
file and software products such as computer programs that support the
concepts of tiny tafels and software in place to process tafels are
permitted. Discussion, comparison and review of such products, provided
they have a tafel application, are encouraged.
ETIQUETTE
Users of the echo should show consideration for SysOps who very often
spend their own money to move messages around the world. Try to avoid
wasting space. Do not indent left margins, quote too much of a message in
reply, or use unnecessarily big taglines. Informative taglines or
signature lines, giving the names of families you are interested
in, are permitted.
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Considering that characters with the high-ASCII bit set
(above 7A hexadecimal (127 decimal)) and characters of value
less than 20 hexadecimal (32 decimal) cause numerous problems
with software now in use, such characters are not allowed
in messages in this echo.
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Update your tiny tafel anytime.
The moderator
Mike Young
OGS*Kintracers
1:250/305
(416) 750-9767 (BBS)