NOTE:
This page is the "Cliff's Notes" version of our posting policies to
help
you get started.
See the Humongous BigFile for all of our
policies.
- Do your homework.
- When joining a discussion already in progress, read the
entire
thread first.
- Read the FAQ to avoid
asking obvious questions.
- Comply with these posting guidelines so that you don't
get your
messages sent back for editing.
- Use the right list for your
topic.
- HPforGrownups:
for discussion of the HP books only (including book-related information
from
JKR's website or interviews).
- HPfGU-OTChatter:
for how to navigate JKR's Web site,
introducing yourself, and any random topic you'd like.
- HPfGU-Movie:
for discussing the movies, which are not
canon.
- HPfGU is not
for
fanfic discussion. Sorry.
- Format
your message properly.
- Put your comments after
the quotage.
- Snip out as much quotage
as possible, leaving only the
relevant
points.
- Be sure you properly attribute each quote to its proper
author.
- Avoid excessive nested attribution; after two levels, it
can get
awfully
confusing.
- Sign your message
at the bottom so that people can
properly
quote you.
- For examples, see the HPfGU
Formatting Tutorial.
- Use good English.
- Use accepted writing conventions (US or UK). Don't use
"L8R"
for "later," etc.
- Capitalize proper nouns (character names) and the pronoun
"I."
- If spelling isn't your strongest suit, use spell-check.
- Remember that some of our readers are dyslexic, visually
impaired, or speak English as a second language. Poor writing
conventions can ruin your message for them.
- Contact the Help Desk if you
want help editing your posts.
- Say something worth saying.
- We strongly
discourage one-liners and forbid "me too" posts that
state
mere agreement. If you want to compliment a writer, send your kudos
off-list.
- Make sure your question hasn't been discussed
recently.
Check the posts for the last two weeks, at least. Here's how
to search our archive
using Yahoomort's Search Engine of Despair.
- Make sure your question isn't answered in the FAQ.
- Curb your enthusiasm.
- Please don't post dozens
of times per day. We understand how much fun it can be to
respond, but it really does get wearisome to hear from the same person
over and over again. If you post more than about a half-dozen posts per
day regularly, we suggest you cut back a bit.
- Don't respond separately
to each post in the same thread on the
same day. Read the whole thread first, then combine the quotage tidbits
with your comments in One Big Post.
- Observe basic netiquette.
- No ad hominem
attacks
(flames): you can challenge ideas, but don't insult
people.
- Avoid expletives and obscenity.
- Observe copyright and terms of use
- By posting on any
of the HPFGU lists, you agree to adhere to the Yahoo Terms of Use,
located at http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms.
- You may not post an entire
article, but you may post a summary with the link.
- You may not post
links to illegal electronic copies of the Harry Potter series.
- By posting to HPfGU, you grant the HPfGU List
Administrators the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt
and publicly display such post(s) for the purposes of providing and
promoting the various HPfGU groups and sites.
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