A recent manifest spec thread lead to a discussion about the group's
"top-posting" policy which is a good segue to remind everyone we do have
some expectations on the usage of the group's mail lists and I'll quote
it here ...
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<http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/WorkMode#Mail_List_Policy.2C_Usage.2C_Etiquette.2C_etc.>
*WebApps' members appreciate and encourage frank technical discussions
on our mail lists but all discussions must be done in a respectful
manner. Please note this respect requirement is codified in the Process
Document via the following participation criteria "Social competence in
one's role
<http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#ParticipationCriteria>".
Additionally, seePositive Work Environment Task Force
<http://www.w3.org/2007/06/PWET-statement-of-principles.html>and if you
did not attend/Kindergarten/, we expect our list participants to adhere
to the basic principles inAll I Really Need To Know I Learned In
Kindergarten <http://www.peace.ca/kindergarten.htm>.*
We also expect our mail list participants to adhere to the following:
* Follow basic/Netiquette/
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette>such as avoiding typing in
ALL CAPS
* Messages should be encoded usingplain text
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text>
* Messages should not usetop-posting
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting>. See
theWHATWG's top-posting guidelines
<http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Should_I_top-post_or_reply_inline.3F>for
more information.
* Subjects should be prefaced with the name of the spec (for
example:/[DOM4] Blah, Blah, Blah/)
* Attachments must follow theW3C Guidelines for Email Attachment
Formats <http://www.w3.org/2002/03/email_attachment_formats.html>,
in particular:
o Avoid unnecessary email attachments.
o Use an attachment only when it is likely to benefit to
recipients. Otherwise, place the information (in plain text
format) in the body of your message.
o If an attachment is necessary, avoid formats that are virus
prone, proprietary or platform dependent. For example, whenever
possible you should use HTML instead of MS Word, PowerPoint or PDF.
o FollowWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines
<http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/>(WCAG)
]]
-Thanks, AB
