crackdown 2.0

Ranjit Bhatnagar · 07 Jun 2010, 20:43 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: ranjit at moonmilk.com (Ranjit Bhatnagar)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:43:50 -0400
Subject: (urth) crackdown 2.0
Message-ID: <AANLkTilSX8QoWUocv8XE-cWcuLyZWnFa94YtTm0Nug6q at mail.gmail.com>

The urth list is getting way too busy these days, so I'm gonna lay
down the law again.  Please send any comments or complaints directly
to me <ranjit at moonmilk.com> rather than to the list.

1. Please stick to the core mission of the list, which is discussion
that *directly* relates to Gene Wolfe's fiction (with occasional
diversions for notable events in the sci-fi and literary worlds).
Religion in general and atheism in general are not suitable topics.

2. I'm setting an informal goal of no more than approximately five
messages per person per day.   It's ok to go over five now and then,
but don't feel like you need to use all five every day, either.  I'm
not going to bother counting individual's messages, but I'm hoping
that we'll get slower-paced and more focused discussions.  If this
doesn't slow the list down enough, I'll make it a technical
restriction, which will be much more annoying for everyone.  We'll see
how it goes.

- Ranjit

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