In this age, in which everything one does seems to be regulated by
a Code of Proper Conduct (or some such formal document), the
relevance list has seemed happily free of such regulation, and I
have often sought and found relief in it.Sadly, in the light of
numerous recent contributions from one contributor, I feel that it
might be useful to spell out some simple guidelines (all the more
so because a number of list members including myself have
contacted this contributor personally and tried, without any
success, to draw his attention to the inappropriateness of his
contributions). I think that a list of such guidelines might include
the following:
- not expressing personal value judgements (eg. ...X, who wrote
that boring article in..., or I've met X who seems to be a nice guy)
- not pursuing personal disputes with other members on the list (it
is always possible to do so off the list)
- not engaging in pointless discussions (eg. of other list members'
pre- and post- marital surnames, or of what has caused the
contributor to confuse the identities of two people with similar
names).
Perhaps more guidelines should be added. But, whether you agree
or disagree with my suggestion, I promise I will not contribute more
messages on this subject to the list.
Vlad Zegarac
University of Luton
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