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This article is from the Nordic countries
FAQ, by Antti Lahelma and Johan Olofsson, with numerous
contributions by others.
1.3.4 Whatever you say. So, what sort of postings are o.k. in here?
Despite all our helpfulness, please keep in mind that we're not
walking encyclopaedias; you might take the trouble to check your local
library before posting a very basic question to the group. Any tourist
guide will probably answer the question "Hello, I'm coming to visit
<name of country>, what should I go and see?" better than we will, and
a tourist guide won't get annoyed with you if you happen to be the
23rd person to have asked the same question this week. If you ask for
the answers to be emailed straight to you instead of being posted,
bear in mind that the polite thing to do is to post a summary of the
replies to the group if they might be of a general interest (of
course, nothing prevents you from subscribing to the group, posting
the question, following the group for as long replies are likely to be
posted, and then unsubscribing). A quick "Hi, what's the meaning of
life, the universe and everything? --Please email all replies to
someone@somesite, thanks-and-bye" isn't going to get very a
enthusiastic reception. To increase your chances of getting replies,
try to be specific; explain your interests, and what exactly it is you
would like to know.
This applies to other types of questions as well (and after all,
although questions about travelling are OK in soc.culture.nordic, this
isn't a rec.travel group; travelers might consider posting to
rec.travel.europe instead, or checking out the rec.travel archives at
<http://www.yahoo.com/text/Recreation/Travel/Destination_Guides/Rec_Tr
avel_Archives/>. At the very least, read through the relevant parts of
this FAQ and see if you can find an answer here. Try to save those
questions for the group to which you know you won't be able to
(easily) find an answer in the books.
But take our answers with a decent grain of salt. Most likely, we'll
say both yes, and no, and maybe, and I don't know, and buzz off,
and...
When you do post, please try to keep it somehow related to Nordic
matters. Sure, the group is unmoderated, so no one can control what
you write. And it's not like you have to force the discussion on
Nordic tracks if it should digress into something else. But
nevertheless, as the name of the group implies, this is a group for
discussing Nordic culture in all its forms; not American
abortion-laws, Bill Clinton or Jesus. Keep this in mind when you start
a new thread.
Please don't expect us to do your school research papers or other
home-work for you; some newbies out there might be enthusiastic enough
to dig the information for you, but most of us will just be annoyed
and make fun of you. Also, if you're looking for 'gender-based
penpals', be advised that you'll most likely become a center of amused
or annoyed (depending on the day, but it'll be embarrassing to you
anyway) attention and you'll probably be sorry that you didn't post
your message to soc.penpals instead, where it belongs. :-)
For more on this favourite s.c.n topic, see section 1.4.
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