ADMIN: Hairnetiquette!/new OT Chatter group/Club chat room - details

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 12039

[Neil appears in tartan dressing gown and hairnet, looking exasperated...]

HAIRNETIQUETTE...

I see that a few *brave* people are still blithely ignoring our netiquette
guidelines (yes, you at the back, I AM mentioning them AGAIN).  Please read
them - they aren't hexed, you don't have to play giant chess to get in there
and there isn't a boggart hiding in an attachment: they are just a few hints
aimed at making this list as easy to use as possible.

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/netiquette2.txt)

If you haven't the time or inclination to look through that little lot, at
least pay attention to these points:

- Please label off-topic messages 'OT' ; fanfic-related messages, 'FF';
shipper-related messages, 'SHIP'
- Please remember to check the relevance of your subject headers (especially
when responding to Digest posts);
- When responding, please try to avoid one-liners and see if you can chop
out unnecessary text from the original post.

People are bound to forget from time to time in the excitement of the
moment, but things seem to be drifting now the waters are calmer.


NEW OT CHATTER GROUP

You might like to join our fledgling 'OT Chatter' group to get those
off-topic moments off your chest without having to mention a Harry Potter
character in the last sentence to keep it on-topic.  The scaffolding is
still up, but you can join up here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter


CLUB CHAT SESSIONS

For newer members, our Sunday chats run from around 8pm GMT onwards.  To
check the times for your zone, go to the club calendar
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/calendar) and make sure the
time zone on the right read correctly for your area.  This should adjust all
event times to your local time.

You can access the chatroom by clicking on Chat in the online club area:
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/chat).
You will appear under the default name you used to sign up to Yahoo, but
remember that Yahoo gives you the option of creating an alternative profile
(ID) and using that in the chatroom, if you'd rather pretend to be
i_love_lupin than jbloggs999, for example.

There is an alternative chat facility that taps directly into the Yahoo
Groups chat, provided by Cheetachat
(http://www.cheetachat.com).  If you sign up for Cheetachat you'll get lots
of groovy additional features and the option of having an Avatar [little
picture] attached to your name.  If you register with Cheetachat, you can
save the HPforGrownUps chatroom as one of your favourites by selecting Rooms
from the top menu bar, then Favorite Rooms, then Manage Favorite Rooms.
Then, if you then click 'ADD', and enter the following handy code  -
*g.2176166:1  - the HPfor GrownUps chatroom will become one of your
favourites.  Could it be any other way?

All the Sunday chats are recorded and stored in a sister club,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownupsChatScripts/  run by Dee, Simon
and Catlady, so be aware that your words won't just vanish into the
cyberether.  The Chatscripts club will give you all the information on the
chats, if you need another reminder.

Thanks.

Neil
Moderator Team

[Removes hairnet and reveals a headful of golden tresses... but it turns out
to be a wig]

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HPfGU Moderators say: "Check out our netiquette tips!
Read all the things you never knew you were doing wrong!!
Avoid spending the rest of your rulebreakin' life as a ferret!!!":
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/netiquette2.txt