Rules and Recruitment post decisions

[Nicholas Pegg <Nicholas.Pegg@GVRD.BC.CA>]

Everyone,

It seems to me that rules would need to be established if there was a
problem. I rarely see recruitment posts on this list, and it takes a
second to skip -ANY- message I don't like. I do believe that good
subject line composition is a good idea for any message, but I don't
think it's reasonable to punish anyone who does not format their subject
line to my standards - unless there is abuse of the priviledge to post.

Thanks for listening.

N.


Nicholas Pegg
Business Information Technology
nicholas_pegg@bit.com


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>From:  Wanko, Christopher G, CFCTRCFFIN[SMTP:apollo@ATT.COM]
>Sent:  July 31, 1998 5:49 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
>Subject:       Re: Recruitment post decisions
>
>This is in reply to a question posed to me privately.  Since it is not the
>first question I've
>fielded on the topic, I thought I would share my views on it publicly and
>save a few future keystrokes.
>
>> I'm not sure where the whole conversation started but it seems to be
>> about whether job postings are allowed on the list.
>> Personally i would like to know what kind of work is out there just so
>that I can keep
>> track of the world wide marketplace.  But I also think that
>> something to distinguish a job from a tech posting is called for.
>
>I appreciate that people like to know what their skills are worth.  However,
>the list is a forum to exchange technical knowledge, and that gets
>compromised and misused when recruiters are allowed to post job ads.  My
>reasoning stems from years of reading comp.programming and comp.lang.c/cobol
>and seeing the technical discussions interspersed with job offers and ads.
>
>There are well-defined areas of the newsgroups, web sites, and mailing lists
>of the world for job ads.  While it would seem logical to narrowly focus a
>job search in a place where the desired skills congregate, it's usually done
>in an intrusive fashion.
>
>Since I don't own the list (nor would I ever be elected Leader of the List),
>I don't decide what posts are off-topic.  It is well-known that I despise
>job ads in a technical forum, but my views are countered by others on the
>list, and by the owner.  Since we lack a clear consensus, the job ads stay.
>
>However, ignoring the significant portion of list readers that do *not* like
>the job ads isn't very fair either.  I propose a compromise based on a prior
>suggestion: tag the subject lines in a way that clearly distinguishes it
>from real questions; if the writer fails to tag the subject line so it can
>be easily filtered away, that writer is removed from the list.
>
>List rules can unequivocally state this so that writers are aware of the
>protocol and penalty.
>
>This method allows readers to decide if job ads are what they wish to read.
>It also allows writers to post job ads freely and without adverse
>commentary, as long as the subject line has a clear identifier consistent
>with job ads.
>
>I would add that writers attempting to foil filters are guilty of spamming
>and would be removed as well.  If we put a process in place to ensure that
>job ads are seen by interested parties, then the only purpose of getting
>around the protocol would be to harass everyone else.
>