INFO: Reminder of List Netiquette

by Christopher Higgs <chiggs(at)unimelb.edu.au>

 Date:  Wed, 21 May 2003 12:12:57 +1000
 To:  hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
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G'Day all,

Rarely are such reminders of List Netiquette necessary, so for the majority 
of members on this list, please bear with me.

To the small-minded minority:

HTML has many purposes apart from building public web sites.  It is used in 
the creation of Intranets, VPNs and other private sites, and even used as 
an intermediate medium from which it is compiled into other forms (eg. CHM 
files, HTMLHelp, and other technical writing programs).  Websites 
themselves, even though public, may have other functions specific to 
organisations.

It is therefore a good idea to answer the question that is asked in the 
context that it is asked, and not to use posts as a vehicle for expressing 
unrelated personal views that are therefore irrelevant to the question asked.

The "horror" at a password script that was not a password script and 
unrelated to the original question is a case in point.  The IWA/HWG mailing 
lists should not be used as a basis for damaging the websites and 
reputation of others.  Such activities are a breach of the conditions of 
use for these lists:

   http://www.hwg.org/lists/cover.html

To the remainder of members, thank you for your patience.  I guess the 
lesson we can learn is to take more care in phrasing our questions so that 
they are less ambiguous to others.

Chris Higgs
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