A response to Mafalda

[anavenc]

Hi everybody, this is Ana, 
who for once delurks to thank  the Moderators and Elves for the truly 
remarkable work they do, keeping this list in order.

I think, Mafalda, we all should be grateful to the people who spend a 
lot of time and effort to keep the discussions on this board as 
intelligent and enjoyable as they are.  You know what usually happens 
to less strictly moderated lists (especially to ones, related to such 
highly popular subjects as HP): they get polluted by slangy one-
liners, and discussions often regress to meaningless rant. 

About the so-called intimidation of new members:  
I personally found nothing intimidating in Netiquette file.  Of 
course, writing a message for this board does take time and energy, 
because of the requirement to come up with some ideas on the subject 
and express them in a coherent and cultured language. That's what 
makes the messages here worth reading, but sure prevents some people, 
including myself :), from posting as much as they would like (I am 
Russian and writing in English is time-consuming for me). 

I enjoy this board very much!

Cheers,   Ana.