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Re: Proper Etiquette
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Nevin Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:54:10 -0400
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Dear Brent:  I have been a long-time subscriber to Va-Hist but have decided at this point to unsubscribe.  I think the list has become a rather uninteresting forum for a few individuals who have axes to grind rather than a useful, respective forum for exchange of ideas and information.  This was less so five or six years ago, and I'm disappointed that the list has become something less than it was at that time.  This is in no way a reflection on you, since I know you have tried to rein in some of these discussions from time to time.
 
Best wishes for the future success of Va-Hist.
 
Nevin Brown
(We knew each other a bit at U.Va. many years ago!)
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:45:05 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Proper Etiquette> To: [log in to unmask]> > Both Va-Hist and Va-Roots are currently engaged in spirited discussions> (repetitions mostly) of opinions about Thomas Jefferson and Sally> Hemings.> > Please keep your opinions about other list members to yourself and> confine comments to evaluations of evidence.> > Please do not reply to a digest or a long message without deleting all> but the most essential portion of the message to which you reply. It is> abusive to send dozens and dozens of lines of extraneous material to> clog up our e-mail boxes.> > It takes about ten seconds to be nice to the several hundred other> subscribers, and it may get your message read rather than deleted.> > We've been through this before, and from here on in I propose to cancel> subscriptions of people who are so discourteous as to include long> strings of previous messages. > > Brent Tarter> The Library of Virginia> [log in to unmask]> > Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at> http://www.lva.virginia.gov> > ______________________________________> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
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