ADMIN: New Posting Rules

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 94784

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "severelysigune" 
<severelysigune at y...> wrote:
> Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!
> 
> Yours severely,
> 
> Sigune
> 
> > 
> > This ADMIN announces a new, improved type of HPfGU main-list 
> message-formatting rules.  To remedy the increasing number of 
posts, 
> it is necessary to limit who can post on a particular day. Not 
> wanting to make things too complicated, we strive, as always, to 
> explain our rules with all clarity and conciseness.  Rules can be 
> frustrating to some, comforting to others, too strict to be 
believed 
> by others.  We hope that you will take time to look carefully at 
the 
> content of this ADMIN, either now or when you have time. Though 
> sometimes it's difficult to accept rules, it is also necessary to 
> maintain order. Three years ago, it was difficult to read HPfGU 
> because of the chaos that was posted.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 1. List members will determine their designated posting days by 
> adding the digits of their Gregorian-calendar birthdates.  For 
> example, if you were born on July 31, 1980, you would add 
> 7+3+1+1+9+8+0 = 29.  Simplify two-digit numbers thus: 2+9 = 7.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 2. Each digit corresponds to a day of the week: 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 1 = Monday
> > 
> > 2 = Tuesday
> > 
> > 3 = Wednesday
> > 
> > 4 = Thursday
> > 
> > 5 = Friday
> > 
> > 6 = Saturday
> > 
> > 7 = Sunday
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Therefore, if 7 were the number resulting from your birthday, 
you 
> would post on Sundays only.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 3. If the resulting number is 8 or 9, you must post to a 
separate 
> list: 
> > 
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfgu-oddmanout.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 4. To make posting more efficient, we ask that you embed at 
least 
> one message within another, using the Sebald encoding method, 
which 
> dictates that ten unencoded words separate each encoded word.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > For example:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > "I don't understand why people think Hermione's age is 
important. I 
> hate it when this thread comes up.  You are just like Snape if you 
> bring it up again."
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Decode it thus (encoded words marked with /slashes/):
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > "/I/ don't understand why people think Hermione's age is 
important. 
> I /hate/ it when this thread comes up.  You're as ugly as /Snape/ 
if 
> you mention it."
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The embedded message is therefore, "I hate Snape."
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Note: Hyphenated words count as two words; contractions count as 
> one.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Granted, the Sebald code requires that a bell ring at the 
beginning 
> and end of the encoded message, but for our purposes we will 
require -
> - and readers will assume -- that the entire message is encoded.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 5. We will no longer be accepting messages on character motives.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 6. We will no longer be accepting messages on Wizarding World 
> politics.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 7. We will no longer be accepting speculation on events in the 
next 
> two books.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 8. We will no longer be accepting messages longer than three 
lines.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 9. We will no longer be accepting messages shorter than two 
lines.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 10. We will make an exception to Rules 8 and 9 only if the 
encoded 
> message reveals the release date for Book 6, the complete final 
> sentence of the series, or Arithmantic proofs of Sinistra's gender.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 11. Your handle must be an anagram, twice scrambled, of your 
> mother's great-aunt's housekeeper's maiden name.  This will enable 
us 
> to verify your true identity should the need arise.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > We hope that these new yet necessary rules will not provide 
> excessive inconvenience to list members.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The List Administration Team
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > p.s. For more Very Formally Detailed information on these new 
> rules, including the Sebald code, please see our new list at
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpfgu-getinformed
> > 


Potioncat:
Well, at least we don't have to snip anymore!





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