At 08:30 AM 2004/07/31, aletheiak wrote:

> > 1)
> > Have a FAQ, and/or other documents, for this group,
> > available in a "FAQ" folder in the groups' files area,
> > and referenced in the 'footer' attached to the group's emails.
> > Things that should be covered are tripoint classifications,
> > abbreviations in common use(e.g. bus&ss), etc.
>
>i would certainly encourage you to create this

I don't have the time to do it.

> > 2)
> > When a reference is cited in a message, always provide
> > a URL if the material is on the web. This includes
> > references to prior messages in this group.
>
>good
>anyone who wants to do this should
>whenever they wish
>& use tinyurl too

Anyone who uses services such as Tinyurl should always
provide the full URL as well. The problem with using
things such as Tinyurl is that you can't see the URL,
therefore the reader doesn't get all the information,
such as whether or not it's a website they are already
familiar with, etc. Including long URLs in angle brackets
like <http://some.long.url/> will allow some programs
to treat wrapped lines as one long line.

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Dave Patton
Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project
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