vra> Summary of resources on netiquette (fwd)

[Vladimir Vrabec]

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 17:16:32 -0600
From: Albert Lunde <Albert-Lunde at nwu.edu>

This is a summary of resources on netiquette I found from responses
to my question to NETTRAIN and some searching on the net on my own.

Online resources:

USENET FAQs posted in news.announce.newusers:

* "Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette"
  Original author: brad at looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
  Maintained by:  netannounce at deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
  Archive-name: emily-postnews/part1

* How to find the right place to post (FAQ)
  by buglady at bronze.lcs.mit.edu (Aliza R. Panitz)
  Archive-name: finding-groups/general

* "Rules for posting to Usenet"
  Original author: spaf at cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
  Maintained by:  netannounce at deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
  Archive-name: posting-rules/part1

* "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet"
  Original author: jerry at eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
  Maintained by:  netannounce at deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
  Archive-name: usenet-faq/part1

* "A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community"
   Original author: chuq at apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
   Maintained by:  netannounce at deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
   Archive-name: usenet-primer/part1

* "Hints on writing style for Usenet"
  Original author: ofut at hubcap.clemson.edu (A. Jeff Offutt VI)
  Maintained by:  netannounce at deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
  Archive-name: usenet-writing-style/part1

* "What is Usenet?"
  Original author: chip at tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
  Maintained by:  netannounce at deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
  Archive-name: what-is-usenet/part1

* "What is Usenet? A second opinion."
  Original author: emv at msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
  Maintained by:  netannounce at deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
  Archive-name: what-is-usenet/part2

(Credit is also due to Gene Spafford for his history in maintaining many of
these FAQs)

All these can be read in www at:
<http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/news/announce/
newusers/top.html>

Other USENET FAQs:

* "A Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources" by Una R. Smith  (1993)
<gopher://sunsite.unc.edu/11/../.pub/academic/biology/ecology+evolution/
bioguide>

(A number of the other USENET FAQs address netiquette for particular
newsgroups and might server as examples of how different standards
apply in different forums.)

This has a section on netiquette on "professionally-oriented newsgroups and
mailing lists"

* The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene H. Rinaldi
<RINALDI at ACC.FAU.EDU>
   <ftp://ftp.lib.berkeley.edu/pub/net.training/FAU/netiquette.txt>

This is particularly good in offering specific advice for different media
(and was compiled with advice from NETTRAIN readers).

* Internet Etiquette Tips by Stan Horwitz <STAN at VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
   <ftp://ftp.temple.edu/pub/info/help-net/netiquette.infohn>

* NETIQUETTE by the Rev. Bob "Bob" Crispen; part of a "course" on
  using the Internet, presented as a series of e-mail messages presented by
  Patrick Douglas Crispen <PCRISPE1 at UA1VM.UA.EDU>.
  (No archive site located)

* "Guidelines for Responsible Use of the Internet"
from the US house of Representatives gopher, at:
 <gopher://gopher.house.gov:70/OF-1%3a208%3aInternet%20Etiquette>

* RobertS Rules of Internet Order (by RobertS at decus.ca)
  posted to NETTRAIN Thu, 6 Oct 1994

Other resources:

* Netiquette by Virginia Shea, 154 pages, paperbound, $ 19.95,
  ISBN 0-9637025-1-3 publisher Albion Books (San Francisco),
  reviewed by Walter Zintz in "OPEN COMPUTING, october 1994, p. 75.

Albion books also runs a mailing list on netiquette. The list address
is netiquette at albion.com, the subscription address is:
netiquette-request at albion.com

* The Elements of E-mail Style, by David Angell and Brent
  Heslop, Addison-Wesley, 1994.

"It's not a general netiquette resource, but does have sections on
 netiquette relative to e-mail, and is a good guide for effective use
 of the most basic Net application"

* "For on-going updates and the trends, I suggest you refer to WIRED magazine.
  They frequently publish new tips, techniques, and Miss Manners type
  information about the Net."

* "The Internet Guide for New Users", Dern, 1994, 0-07-016511-4, U$27.95
ddern at world.std.com

* LaQuey, Tracy, & Ryer, J. C. (1993). The Internet Companion: a Beginner's
Guide to Global Networking. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.


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    Albert Lunde                      Albert-Lunde at nwu.edu
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