Dear Zooarchers,
Last week we received a message on the list advertising a statistics course in
the UK. We felt that this was inappropriate and therefore warned the sender not
to send such messages again - s/he was eventually removed from the list after a
brief correspondence.
As you know there have occasionally been messages on the list that were not
strictly related to zooarchaeology. This is fine for us as long as they can
have a potential to be of interest for the zooarchaeology community, but the
problem arises when the message concerns a profit making business - if we don't
stop the flow immediately we run the risk of getting inundated with spam. Our
policy is that profit making initiatives can be advertised on the list, as long
as they have a close, direct and explicit connection with zooarchaeology. It is
for instance perfectly fine to advertise zooarchaeology consultancy work, or
private teaching that includes zooarchaeology or related subjects. If in doubt,
the best thing is to contact us at "[log in to unmask]" to check
that the message is appropriate. We expect there will be very few of such
queries, as we do not want to moderate the list on a regular basis, and
particularly we do not want members to get nervous about what they can or they
cannot send. This is the first time we have had such a problem in quite a few
years of Zooarch's life (four and half to be precise), surely not a bad record
and a testimony of the fact that all members have been very considered about
the content of their messages.
Hopefully this clarify things, but if you have any questions please do not
hesitate to get in touch with us.
Cheers,
Jacqui and Umberto
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Umberto Albarella
Dept of Archaeology
University of Durham
Durham DH1 3LE, UK
tel.+44-191-3341153
fax +44-191-3341101
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Archaeology/staff/UA/index.htm
"The worst betrayal of intelligence is finding
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