[LCM Articles] Re. List Moderation

[Loai Naamani]

Dear all,

Thank you for your valuable posts to this list. In regards to the "[LCM
Articles] Was Sayyed Nasrallah taken out of context?" thread, kindly revert
to personal email to continue this discussion, as it no longer relates to a
specific article or the 'LCM Articles' mailing list's general purpose. Feel
free to CC/BCC individuals and list members while excluding the
<mailto:lebanon-articles at mit.edu> lebanon-articles at mit.edu. Anyone who would
like to leave the list can do so here:
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-articles

Given the surge in volume of 'discussion/comment' posts every now and then,
many subscribers are choosing to suspend their subscription and quit the
list. As you may be well aware, the size of this distribution is in the
order of many hundreds and not tens of subscribers. It consists mainly of
LCM members, alumni, and friends of Lebanon and the club all over the world.
This may be a good time to reiterate the guidelines adopted by the list to
retain the quality and relevance of posts to LCM Articles: 

-         This is not a forum. Extended to-and-fro discussions soliciting
input/responses from multiple individuals should be taken to one of the many
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eventually reaches everyone with or without the list. If timeliness is a
concern, numerous news alert services out there can be customized to the
specific preferences of their subscribers. (We recommend using this list to
share creative/original/premium/paid content, editorials, blogs, etc.)

-         When sending a specific question/comment regarding a certain post,
please contact the sender directly via personal email outside the list (no
CC/BCC of the entire list is necessary).

-         Posts do not necessarily reflect the opinions of those who post
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wrong, for example, and worth the attention of the list. Responses should
hence address the content itself with no explicit presumptions about the
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-         To the extent possible, please make explicitly clear whether a
post is a personal contribution, forwarded, scraped off the net, etc...
Listing the source and/or providing a link to the content online would be
very helpful.

-         If you intend to reach only the Lebanese students at MIT and
members of the LCM, please post to lebanon-members at mit.edu instead.

-         You can always share your post with the moderator at
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Thank you,
L.

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