[Husker] Rules

[Bob Beach]

Steve Curry <sscurry at mybluelight.com> wrote: 
Based on a reading of recent submissions the following is offered:

Information is good.
Opinion is okay when supporting information is provided.
Opinion without support is marginal.
Bickering is bad.


Rule of thumb:
Best board submissions avoid the use of "I", "me", and specific "you" or
"your". (General "you" or "your" are okay.) If such words are required
perhaps the intended submission should actually be a private email.


Information example: (note general use of "you")
"For those of you who might be interested in seeing a volleyball final four
to kick off this fall's Husker volleyball season you might want to get over
to Ticketmaster at 10:00 AM Central Time today (Monday, May 16th) and pick
up tickets for the AVCA/NACWAA Preseason Volleyball Classic."
...
"here is a link to the specific website to purchase tickets:"


Opinion with support example:
"regional hosts are more often than not given to the top 8 national seeds if
they win their regional."
...
"Remember that NU hosted Rice when Buck Beltzer was used. NU was the #8
national seed. "


Bickering with telltale "I" or "you" examples:
"First of all I believe you disagree with his post mostly because I agree
with it and you would never want to agree with anything I agree with."

"I have constantly said"


With the best of intentions,
Steve Curry



     I'll say this.  It is going to be very difficult to post from here on as I doubt if I can live up to these ideals.  At the very least it is going to take longer because I am going to have to filter each post through these rules and see if it meets the standard before I send it.  I am sure that means fine tuning each post many times.  As a result some posts I will have to throw out because no matter how much fine tuning the posts undergo they won't meet the standard.  It will be interesting.  It will also be interesting to see if Mr. Curry can and will live up to his own suggestions.

     It is one of the reasons I have never listed posting guidelines or rules.  If I post rules/guidelines it means I better be doggone sure I abide by my own rules.  The major reason I have never posted posting guidelings is I am not the list owner and feel it is not even close to my place to do so.

     
Bob Beach

I have never learned anything when I was the one doing the talking.