1.4 Rugby Union Posting conventions and netiquette
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This article is from the Rugby Union FAQ, by roelofs@f2s.com (Mees Roelofs) with numerous contributions by others.
1.4 Rugby Union Posting conventions and netiquette
1.4.1 Do not post the score of a game in the subject of a posting. Many
subscribers only get to see the games delayed and don't want to know the
score before having seen the game themselves. If your posting contains a
result, add the suffix [spoiler] or [result] in the subject.
1.4.2 If you are making a reply to one point in a long post, please delete
those parts of the post that are not relevant to your comments. If you
wish, you can replace the removed comments with < /snip> . Virtually
everybody using a dial-up connection pays more to receive large posts, so
be considerate. If the subject changes as a result please re-edit the
subject header.
1.4.3 Please keep your signature short (preferably 4 lines or less) and put
a sig-separator (--) in the line above the sig itself, as this enables most
newsreaders to automatically slice off the signature upon reply.
1.4.4 Please try to avoid starting flame wars, especially along the lines
of "my team's better than your team", or "your team is boring". If you must
make sweeping statements, please try to justify them. If you mean something
in jest, please use a smiley ;-) In general, try not to be deliberately
offensive to anyone and think about what you have said before you post.
Please try to avoid topics that have been discussed over and over again.
Some of them include 'NH rugby is 10 man and boring', 'RU is a better game
than RL', 'SH rugby is all froth and no substance', 'The English press are
arrogant', 'NH/SH refereeing', 'Creatine', 'Pacific Islanders in the All
Blacks', 'Any S12/NPC side would beat any European side by at least 40
points' and worst of all 'Food poisoning accusations at the 1995 RWC Final'.
1.4.5 Please do not post entirely in capitals as this will annoy a large
group of people whose eyesight you have hurt. Besides, writing in capitals
is considered yelling, which has little or no place in a well-behaving
newsgroup like RSRU.
1.4.6 Crossposting to other newsgroups is encouraged, but only when the
topic of your posting overlaps. Therefore you should see the charters of
the newsgroups you're posting into. Long flamewars between any two codes,
whether it is towards Rugby League, American Football or Aussie Rules, are
to be avoided. Please do not reply to any post sent to a large number of
newsgroups.
1.4.7 Do not judge people by extension of an e-mail address. A .au suffix
does not necessarily mean a person is Australian. A number of subscribers
to rec.sport.rugby.union live in exile and aren't amused at all when
wrongly being called Australian, Pom, Yank or whatever. Also, be aware that
a .uk suffix means more than England alone.
1.4.8 If a thread you're starting up covers one specific area of Rugby, you
might want to indicate this in the subject header by including a prefix
tag, ie [S12] Round 5 results, [6Ns] Italy vs France preview. This flagging
makes it easier to use kill- and watchfilters in one's news reader.
1.4.9 (aka Rule 23) The only way to avoid accusations of whinging is to say
nothing beyond congratulating the other team.
1.4.10 (aka Official RSRU John Hill's Law) A poster automatically loses the
argument should he resort to personal abuse, racism / fascism / nazism
accusations or to criticising spelling or grammar.
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