ADMIN: On/Off-list replies, Subject Headings, Combining replies

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 10779

Hello again from your friendly Moderator With Rock #47.

ON/OFF-LIST REPLIES

The Moderator Team would like to call your attention to the large number of
replies to two particular quizzes: the "Which Character Are You" and
"Sorting" ones, to be precise. We would, as always, encourage you to
participate for your own enjoyment. However, they have been taking up a lot
of bandwidth, so please think about whether your reply would be better off
on the list or in personal email.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

We've also noticed that there are quite a few messages being sent with
inaccurate subject headings. PLEASE, for the sanity of everyone, make sure
your messages have an appropriate subject heading. For instance, if a
message about the Hog's Head has turned to a discussion of the relative
merits of the Harry Potter Lexicon, change the subject to: "HP Lexicon (was:
Hog's Head)".

New folks especially should attempt not to put all their questions in an
email entitled "Questions". Rather, be more specific: "Wand Order/Harry as
Gryffindor's Heir/Movie Dates" is much better -- and will catch people's
attention more easily.

COMBINING REPLIES

Please, if you are making a series of replies to one thread, make them all
in the same email! There's nothing worse than finding 15 messages on the
same thread and then trying to wade through them to make sure they're not
just duplicates.

That's all. If you have any questions, feel free to email your friendly
Moderator Team at hpforgrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com.

--John

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John Walton                 john at walton.to

=| Moderator With Rock #47
=| "Russian cabin boy in Celine Dion drag" of the HMS H/H
=| Receiver of the world's dumbest FFN review for Song of Time, Chapter *5*:
"really cool! so, what? Draco and harry r like, stepbrothers or sometihng?
cool idea" Mental note: SoT presumes reading of Draco Dormiens.

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