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WordWizards is an
International
group of writers: poets, novelists, short story writers,
essayists
and others who through email discuss the world of writing,
disseminate information, offer help, criticism and general
support to other members of the group.
ESSENTIAL NETIQUETTE!
- WordWizards are international writers, and our differences
are
as varied as the countries in which we reside; we attempt
to
expose various cultural writings through the use of cyberspace.
We welcome that diversity; indeed we expect and thrive on
it.
- Please participate in the
critiques
and comments. Lurk awhile if you feel the need
but eventually we expect you to both post some
pieces
of your work to the group and to critique others.
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The discussion group is for feedback, critique of work,
general
talk about writing, and a place to get to know other
writers.
- Before joining the list, members are asked to introduce themselves to the moderators. We respect privacy
but complete anonymity is not allowed.
- Once you have joined, messages to the list should be sent to
wordwizards at yahoogroups dot com
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When submitting to the group please use the following in
the
subject line:
Type: (e.g. poem, essay, prose, short-story, critique, news);
Title ;
{Theme} If your post contains strong
language,
violence or explicit sexuality the theme is Adult/Erotica or Adult/Violent.
Otherwise theme is optional.
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Please keep personal conversations to group members on a
private basis. Personal attacks on individuals will not be
tolerated.
- Cross-posting is not allowed.
Do not send messages to the list and to other lists or to groups
of addresses which include non-members simultaneously. Send your message to the list
as a separate email to the list only.
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Mandatory: Forwarding messages:
Messages on this list are private to this list.
Messages posted to WordWizards
should not be forwarded to anyone off the list.
The only exceptions are: —
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if the author of the post (including any other author
whose writing is quoted therein)
gives you their express permission
to forward the message to another person:
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messages whose sole content relates
to competitions or magazines
seeking contributions
or to events freely open to the public.
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In all cases where a message is forwarded
it must be made clear to the recipients
that the message has been forwarded from this list.
- The only types of messages that should be forwarded to the list
are ones related to marketing opportunities. The names of the original
recipients (but not the original sender) should be removed before
forwarding and a foreword included stating why you are forwarding
the information to the group.
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Make sure the "reply to" address is the one you want.
The default reply address points to the list
so it's very easy to address private replies
to the whole list without noticing,
while sometimes messages intended for the whole list
go only to a single email address.
- Some people have to pay for incoming mail based on
the size and amount of that mail. Please remember this
when you reply to a message. Stop first and consider
whether your response is really of interest to the whole
group, or should be privately addressed to the author
of the message.
- Please set your mail program so that you
post messages in plain/text without coding
(in particular avoid "quoted/printable" settings)
and not in HTML
or other settings such as "multipart/alternative"
and do not attempt to send "attachments" of any kind.
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It is often essential to quote PART of a posting in order to put your reply
into context.
The usual rule is that you should never quote more than your reply,
but it depends on circumstances.
Over-quoting of previous messages is especially annoying to digest subscribers.
It is not difficult and only takes a moment to edit out all but the
essential parts of the quoted message to which you are replying.
In particular, you should edit out the bottom advertising banner.
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To join the list please visit the group website
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