[Rq-rules] [LIST] Listetiquette

[Peter Brink]

This post is not about pointing fingers at anyone but a plead to the 
list to be more considerate of their fellow list members.

There have been a lot of threads lately that has been high jacked, that 
is the subject matter of the thread has changed and the poster has not 
changed the subject line so that it reflects the new topic introduced. 
If this trend continuous, this list will become useless for any casual 
user, the subject lines will simply not reflect the topic of the thread.

I propose that we introduce a modest amount of rules for how to post 
messages on the list.
1) Change the subject of the message when you change the topic of a thread.
2) Label your messages so that it is easy to see what version of RQ (or 
BRP) your post is about. The following labels seems appropriate to me: 
[RQ II] for RQ I and II; [RQ III]; [MRQ] for Mongoose RQ; [DBRP] for the 
forthcoming Deluxe Basic Roleplaying; [GENERIC] for topics that relate 
to all versions of RQ and BRP, [LIST] for messages to the list; [STATS] 
for any post including stats; [ADV] for any adventure or scenario 
posted; and [OT] for off-topic threads (should be kept to a minimum). 
Other abbreviations can surely be added to this list.

I hope you all agree that using these modest rules will make the list 
more useful for all of us.

/Peter Brink