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I use moderator/manager interchangeable here, sorry for the confusion. Do you see fit, Joe. I think just a little awareness may be in order, that's all. See? It was the spell-checker after all - damn those programmers!!! I have been known to volunteer. Recently, I've done useability studies for websites. Roger On 4/2/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > So, Roger, I don't really get to post shit to the list because I'm a list > manager? (I prefer the term "manager" to "moderator," which I have never > used. The first time we went through this, soon after I ascended to the > throne along with Queen Anny, I suggested that if I had something to say as > list manager, I would indicate that, but otherwise I could just post shit > like everybody else. If I just get to be a drudge who sweeps up after > everybody else, I really don't think I want the job. (And no, that is not a > threat to resign.) > > Joe > > On 4/2/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > You can post what you like if you're a private individual; if you post > > representing an organisation, well, yes, from the organisation's POV, > > yes, it does matter. For a start, you wouldn't get snarky threads like > > this happening. If the Editor of the Guardian writes to me, then I > > expect his missives to be perfect and in good order, if the missive is > > full of spelling mistakes then well ... OTOH, if Alan Rusbridger > > writes to me as one individual to another, even on an open forum, then > > wottehell. I don't care. He can even say shit or fuck if he wants. So > > I guess the answer to your question is contextual. If you email the > > forum with news of an event/organisation, then, unless the email > > states otherwise, I will assume that there is connection between you > > and that event/organisation. > > > > Is there a point in being anal? I guess, unfortunately, that's my job; > > that's what computer scientists and engineers do best. They dance on > > pin-heads for a living, arguing about the validity or watchemacallit > > of symbols, signs and semantics. It's the comic-book guy from the > > Simpsons, but worse. However, as text-smiths, if we aren't anal about > > words, and you take analness to be some sort of measure of care, > > absorption etc, what do we care about? > > > > As for the usage of the word "shit", it's not the word that's the > > issue, it's who it was said by (forum moderator) is a slight issue. > > Speaking as an ordinary list-member, I don't mind if list-members use > > the words shit and fuck in any and every email, but, like it or not, > > once you're the forum moderator, added-value get's attached to any > > email you send, whatever the context. > > > > Roger > > > > On 4/2/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > So if I post that the Wallace Stevens Journal, for which I am an editor, > > is > > > interested in poems dealing with Stevens' life & themes, it's not really > > me > > > posting? How does that transformation occur? And is the entity that > > posts in > > > my place to be held to more exacting editorial standards than me, when I > > > post as myself? > > > > > > jd > > > > > > On 4/2/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > He's posting for ICORN, not as an individual. ICORN, whose aims I > > > > sympathise with, is supposed to be a "literary" quarterly involved in > > > > the translation of poetry, has been advertised by an email which > > > > contains at least two major spelling mistakes concerning a poet's name > > > > and one of his better poems; I notice the rest of the email was > > > > immaculate. Maybe I expect too much; but you expect no one to comment? > > > > This list is full of smart-arses, that's one of it's speicial > > > > qualities. I remember someone calling it the awkward squad. > > > > > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > On 4/2/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > Ren Powell is a member of this, uh, community. Posts to the list > > from > > > > > members are not, by definition, "spam." In fact, it is quite common > > for > > > > > members to post announcements to the list about various journals, > > > > readings, > > > > > etc. And if we all posted corrections to each others typos & > > > > misspellings we > > > > > would crash the server. > > > > > > > > > > jd > > > > > > > > > > On 4/2/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings BenjiMouse. Just in time to witness the, uh, shit > > hitting > > > > the > > > > > > fan. > > > > > > > > > > > > re: Wellfed Owens: fine by me if Poetry orgs wish to spam this > > list, > > > > > > at least they should get the poetry bits correctly spelled etc > > o'wise > > > > > > it dents their credibility, no? > > > > > > > > > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/2/07, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > From: "MJ Walker" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a life elsewhere. > > > > > > > > mj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No there isn't -- ask Coriolanus. Or Cavafy, in "The City". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PedantMouse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > > > > > > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Joseph Duemer > > > > > Professor of Humanities > > > > > Clarkson University > > > > > [sharpsand.net] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > > > > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Joseph Duemer > > > Professor of Humanities > > > Clarkson University > > > [sharpsand.net] > > > > > > > > > -- > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde > > > > > > -- > Joseph Duemer > Professor of Humanities > Clarkson University > [sharpsand.net] > -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde