Klarinet Archive - Posting 000111.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Noblets (small attempt at humour here)
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 14:29:57 -0500

On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Mark Charette wrote:
> Wait wait wait - Ding is reserved for critical errors like
> misspelling business names (harrumph) or quoting the wrong person
> or (ahem) bad http or mail addresses. Dinging for simple spelling
> errors would cause us to ding too often.
>
> Donging, OTOH, is reserved for some serious infraction of the
> rules. I haven't told you what the rules are - because I haven't
> made them up yet.

Let me get this straight......I should have Donged, but ONLY if I know
what the rules are....which you have not yet made up. Therefore Dinging
is ruled as bad form unless the error was critical.....

I think I understand......

Roger